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Shahed University
Methods of study: In this study 24 female students 20-30 years who did not have a history of regular exercise during the last six months of sampling, were randomly divided into two groups (simple and complex) of 12 people. Two subjects within 4 weeks did the exercise protocol. The simple exercise protocol (running) and complex exercise (aerobic) includes three repeats just 10 minutes (10 × 3), for a total of 30 minutes, was resting 2-3 minutes between each repetition. Exercise at 65-50% of maximum oxygen consumption (VO2max) of 12-13 Borg scale and a 5-minute cool-down and warm-up was carried out. To measure cognitive function, multiplication test was used, and the Shuttle Test was used to measure VO2max. Data analysis by independent and paired t-test and Pearson correlation coefficient at a significance level of p <0.05 was used.
Findings: The results showed that although the Digit Span has significantly increased in the complex exercise group, but found no significant difference between the two groups in terms of Digit Span. VO2max increased significantly in both groups but there was no significant correlation among Digit Span and VO2max.
Conclusion: According to obtained data, 4 weeks of aerobic exercise with two sports model simple and complex, there was no significant difference in cognitive function. Consequently, the results suggest that cognitive performance changes are not related to the maximum changes in oxygen consumption and also between cognitive and VO2max cognitive changes.
