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Randomised Controlled Trial
Walnut consumption while doing concurrent training improves strength, sleep quality, standing support, cognitive performance and postural balance in elderly men.
2024 Aging Clinical and Experimental Research Concurrent training associated with moderate walnut consumption improved isokinetic strength, subjective sleep quality, cognitive performance and postural balance in elderly active men: a randomized controlled trial
Kamoun A, Yahia A, Farjallah MA, Maaloul R, Marzougui H, Bouaziz M, Souissi N, Elleuch MH, Hammouda O
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A Randomised Controlled Trial published in 2024 in the journal Aging Clinical and Experimental Research found that Walnut consumption while doing concurrent training improves strength, sleep quality, standing support, cognitive performance and postural balance in elderly men. In the study, twenty healthy elderly men were grouped into two randomly controlled cohorts. There were three training sessions per week featuring a concurrent combination of strength and endurance training. One group received a diet supplemented with 15 grams per day of walnuts (CTW) over six weeks while the other didn't (CT). Their strength, sleep quality, cognitive performance and postural balance were evaluated using an isokinetic strength test, Spiegel questionnaire, Montreal cognitive assessment and balance measurements respectively, 48 hours before and after the intervention period.
The results pointed that both groups experienced significant improvements in strength and sleep quality with CTW showing a greater increase in sleep quality. CTW group showed improvements in cognitive performance and postural balance while CT group did not see these benefits. Hence it's observed that combination of concurrent training and walnut consumption was found to be effective in improving strength, sleep quality, cognitive performance and postural balance in elderly men.
