The Leg Strength/Brain Strength Link

In healthy women at least, there appears to be a link between leg strength and brain activity. A news release from King’s College in London reports that researchers at the school have found that leg strength was a better predictor of brain health than any other lifestyle factor looked at in a recent study, which involved 324 healthy female twins, aged 43 to 73. The researchers measured thinking, learning and memory at both the beginning and end of the study. Generally, the twin who had more leg power at the start of the study sustained their cognition better and had fewer brain changes associated with aging measured after ten years.