The study involved putting the participants on a stationary bike and making them cycle for six minutes but not to the point of exhaustion. — dpa
High cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with better cognitive performance and a lower risk of dementia long-term, including in people with a genetic predisposition to dementia, show the findings of a study published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is the capacity of the circulatory and respiratory systems to supply oxygen to muscles and declines increasingly with age as skeletal muscle is lost.
