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Loprinzi PD, Frith E, Edwards MK. Resistance exercise and episodic memory function: a systematic review. Clin Physiol Funct Imaging. 2018;doi: 10.1111/cpf.12507.
Loprinzi, P. D., Frith, E., & Edwards, M. K. (2018). Resistance exercise and episodic memory function: a systematic review. Clinical physiology and functional imaging, . https://doi.org/10.1111/cpf.12507
Loprinzi, Paul D, et al. "Resistance exercise and episodic memory function: a systematic review." Clinical physiology and functional imaging vol. (2018). doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/cpf.12507
Loprinzi PD, Frith E, Edwards MK. Resistance exercise and episodic memory function: a systematic review. Clin Physiol Funct Imaging. 2018 Jan 24; doi: 10.1111/cpf.12507. Epub 2018 Jan 24. PMID: 29368393.
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Clin Physiol Funct Imaging. 2018 Jan 24; doi: 10.1111/cpf.12507. Epub 2018 Jan 24.

Resistance exercise and episodic memory function: a systematic review.

Clinical physiology and functional imaging

Paul D Loprinzi, Emily Frith, Meghan K Edwards

Affiliations

  1. Exercise Psychology Laboratory, Physical Activity Epidemiology Laboratory, Department of Health, Exercise Science and Recreation Management, The University of Mississippi, University, MS, USA.

PMID: 29368393 DOI: 10.1111/cpf.12507

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Emerging research demonstrates that aerobic-based physical activity is favourably associated with episodic memory function. Despite resistance exercises being associated with a multitude of health outcomes, independent of aerobic physical activity, less research has examined the effects of resistance exercise on episodic memory function. The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review to examine the extent to which resistance exercise may be associated with episodic memory function.

METHODS: Computerized searches were performed in PubMed, PsychInfo and Sports Discuss. Studies were included if they employed an experimental, cross-sectional or prospective study design, and included acute or chronic resistance exercise as the independent variable, with episodic memory function as the outcome variable.

RESULTS: Eight experimental (one acute and seven chronic training studies) studies met the study inclusionary criteria. Seven of these studies were published in the last 5 years, highlighting the infancy of this line of research. Only three of the eight evaluated studies provided evidence of a positive effect of resistance exercise on memory function; within each of these three studies, there was also some indication of null (or unfavourable) effects.

CONCLUSION: The findings of this systematic review do not provide compelling evidence for a beneficial effect of acute or chronic resistance exercise on episodic memory function. Additional research in this under-investigated field is warranted.

© 2018 Scandinavian Society of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Keywords: brain-derived neurotrophic factor; hippocampus; insulin-like growth factor; memory retrieval; muscle strengthening activities

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