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ArticleBrain sciences2020

High-Intensity Interval Training Improves Cognitive Flexibility in Older Adults.

Said Mekari, Heather F Neyedli, Sarah Fraser, Myles W O'Brien, Ricardo Martins, Kailey Evans, Meghan Earle, Rachelle Aucoin, Joy Chiekwe, Quinn Hollohan and 2 more

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Article in Brain sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Said MekariSchool of Kinesiology, Acadia University, 550. Main Street, Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6, Canada.
Heather F NeyedliDivision of Kinesiology, Faculty of Health, School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 1T8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4831-0775
Sarah FraserInterdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 74K, Canada.
Myles W O'BrienDivision of Kinesiology, Faculty of Health, School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 1T8, Canada.
Ricardo MartinsSchool of Kinesiology, Acadia University, 550. Main Street, Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6, Canada.
Kailey EvansSchool of Kinesiology, Acadia University, 550. Main Street, Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6, Canada.
Meghan EarleSchool of Kinesiology, Acadia University, 550. Main Street, Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6, Canada.
Rachelle AucoinSchool of Kinesiology, Acadia University, 550. Main Street, Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6, Canada.
Joy ChiekweSchool of Kinesiology, Acadia University, 550. Main Street, Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6, Canada.
Quinn HollohanSchool of Kinesiology, Acadia University, 550. Main Street, Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6, Canada.
Derek S KimmerlyDivision of Kinesiology, Faculty of Health, School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 1T8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3462-8037
Olivier DupuyLaboratory MOVE (EA 6314), Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Poitiers, 86000 Poitiers, France.ORCID 0000-0001-7273-8272
Acadia University · CADalhousie University · CAUniversité de Poitiers · FRUniversity of Ottawa · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

agingbrain healthcardiorespiratory fitnesscognitionexercise intensity

Identifiers

PMID33137993
PMCPMC7693870
OpenAlexW3094911927

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