THE EFFECTS OF EXERCISE ON BRAIN FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY IN ADULTS AGED 55–65 EXPOSED TO EXPERIMENTAL BED REST

Abstract

Bed rest can occur because of chronic conditions, injury, or hospitalization and initiate a downward spiral of deleterious changes in several body systems. Exercise is a countermeasure to many of these changes. However, its impact on middle-aged and older adults’ brain functional connectivity (FC) during bed rest remains unexplored.