PMID- 33424722 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20210112 IS - 1664-1078 (Print) IS - 1664-1078 (Electronic) IS - 1664-1078 (Linking) VI - 11 DP - 2020 TI - Affective Variables and Cognitive Performances During Exercise in a Group of Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. PG - 611558 LID - 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.611558 [doi] LID - 611558 AB - Previous research has documented that type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with cognitive impairment. Psychological variables were repeatedly investigated to understand why T2DM patients are poorly active, despite standards of medical care recommends performing aerobic and resistance exercise regularly and reducing the amount of time spent sitting. This exploratory study aims to investigate how affective variables as thoughts, feelings, and individuals' stage of exercise adoption can modulate low cognitive performances during an experimental procedure based on exercise. The Exercise Thoughts Questionnaire (ETQ), Exercise-Induced Feeling Scale (EFI), and Physical Activity Stage of Change were administered to a sample of 12 T2DM patients. The Bivalent Shape Task (BST) alone (BST), BST with exercise [control exercise recovery (CER) + BST], and BST with metaboreflex [post-exercise muscle ischemia (PEMI) + BST] were used as mental task, and response time to congruent, incongruent, and neutral stimuli was recorded. Concomitant cerebral oxygenation (COX) was evaluated by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). As expected, T2DM patients performed significantly better when the stimulus was presented in congruent trials (followed by neutral and incongruent). In the CER + BST session, T2DM patients showed longer reaction time to incongruent trials than in the PEMI + BST and BST alone sessions. Positive feelings toward exercise seem to modulate cognitive performances in high challenging task only if T2DM patients were conscious to play exercise. These results could provide some insights for health intervention targeting exercise for patients with T2DM in order to enhance cognitive performances. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Guicciardi, Fadda, Fanari, Doneddu and Crisafulli. FAU - Guicciardi, Marco AU - Guicciardi M AD - Department of Education, Psychology, Philosophy, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. FAU - Fadda, Daniela AU - Fadda D AD - Department of Education, Psychology, Philosophy, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. FAU - Fanari, Rachele AU - Fanari R AD - Department of Education, Psychology, Philosophy, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. FAU - Doneddu, Azzurra AU - Doneddu A AD - Sports Physiology Laboratory, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. FAU - Crisafulli, Antonio AU - Crisafulli A AD - Sports Physiology Laboratory, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20201223 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Psychol JT - Frontiers in psychology JID - 101550902 PMC - PMC7785934 OTO - NOTNLM OT - attentional task OT - cognitive impairment OT - exercise OT - near-infrared spectroscopy OT - type 2 diabetes mellitus COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/01/12 06:00 MHDA- 2021/01/12 06:01 PMCR- 2020/12/23 CRDT- 2021/01/11 05:36 PHST- 2020/09/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/11/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/01/11 05:36 [entrez] PHST- 2021/01/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/01/12 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/12/23 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.611558 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Psychol. 2020 Dec 23;11:611558. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.611558. eCollection 2020.