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Essay / Well-Being Measurement Trial - 1421
In the previous studies mentioned above, most participants were between the ages of 18 and 30. An interesting and different study conducted by Satoh, M., Ogawa, J., Tokita, T., Nakaguchi, N., Nakao, K., Kida, H. and Tomimoto, H (2014), focuses on the effects of music on physical exercise in normal elderly people. This study involved 119 subjects aged 65 to 84 years. 39 subjects constituted the control group and 40 subjects performed physical exercises once a week with professional trainers (each exercise lasted one hour) with music. It is worth mentioning that their practice continued for a year. Additionally, the rest of the participants performed the same exercise without music. MRI scans were performed before and after each exercise; Medial temporal lobe atrophy was also assessed using the Voxel-based Specific Regional Analysis System for Alzheimer's Disease (VSRAD). This study suggests that older adults' physical exercise combined with music was improved. Additionally, they also suggest that music improves overall cognitive function (brain activities such as reasoning and memory) of the participant. This is due to the stimulation of the parietal lobes by music and somatosensory input from physical exercise (Satoh et al., 2014). Damage or injury to the parietal lobes can result in weak or impaired movement coordination (Bailey, 2016). The above findings