EFFECT OF NEUROBIC EXERCISES ON MEMORY ENHANCEMENT AMONG YOUNG ADULTHOOD: A RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL
Dr. Haritri Bisht*, Dr. Pankaj Singh and Dr. Shyamal Koley
ABSTRACT
Objectives: Scientists reported that there is a second growth spurt of gray matter in the brain in the young adults. The present study was planned with the objectives to find out the effect of activity based neurobic exercises program to improve memory among young adulthood and to compare the effectiveness of two different types of neurobic exercise among them. Methods: For this purpose randomly selected 84 subjects aged 20-24 years, whose neurobic score was below 21 were considered for this study from Swami Rama Himalayan University. The subjects were further divided into two groups, i.e. experimental and control. In experimental group, the subjects were given 3 sessions of activity based neurobic exercises per week for 2 weeks. Whereas, in control group, conventional neurobic exercises were given to the subjects for home for 2 weeks. Pre assessment was done by using MMSE and PGIMS scale and post assessment was taken after 2 weeks. Results: The findings of the present study showed that for memory enhancement in young adulthood, the control group in which conventional neurobic excericses were given, was more effective, statistically significant differences (p<0.000) were found in the control group. When comparisons were made between the control and experimental group, then too, the control group was having higher percentage of increment. Conclusion: It might be concluded from the findings that both groups were significantly effective in improving the memory in young adulthood, Conventional neurobic exercises was found to be statistically more effective in improving the memory in young adulthood, In both the outcome measures PGIMS and the MMSE, statistically significant changes were found in the control group as compared with experimental group.
Keywords: Neurobic exercises. MMSE score. PGIMS score. Young adulthood. Neurotrophins.
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