More studies on the aging brain and movement needed
After reviewing this study, Clifford Segil, DO, a neurologist at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, CA, told MNT that he agrees with this study’s encouragement of exercise as we age, even if it takes more energy to produce the same activity done as a young person.
“My dictum treating my elderly patients as a neurologist is ‘If you don’t use it you will lose it!’” Segil continued. “I agree encouraging elderly patients to move has multiple health benefits in agreement with this paper’s authors.”
“I would like to see a concomitant EEG (electroencephalogram) running on these study participants to determine if their brain activity does slow down or increase during these activities to support the author’s claims,” he added.
“I think more research on how an elderly brain adapts to the challenges of aging and moving would be fascinating to read and helpful to my aging patients.”
MNT also spoke with Ryan Glatt, CPT, NBC-HWC, senior brain health coach and director of the FitBrain Program at Pacific Neuroscience Institute in Santa Monica, CA, about this study.
“(This) study on why older adults move slower offers an intriguing hypothesis linking slower movements to energy conservation and reward processing,” Glatt said.
“However, the conceptual leap from observed behavior to underlying neural mechanisms requires cautious interpretation. Without direct neurological evidence correlating movement patterns with brain function changes due to aging, the conclusions remain speculative.”
“To strengthen the findings, future research should aim to directly link the behavioral data with neurophysiological evidence. Employing a broader methodological approach, including longitudinal studies and divers
e population samples, could help delineate how universally these proposed mechanisms apply across different aging trajectories. Additionally, replicating the study with a larger sample size and varying conditions would be crucial to verify the robustness and generalizability of the initial result.”
— Ryan Glatt, brain health coach
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