Evaluating the Neural Underpinnings of Motivation for Walking Exercise.
Sarah DorenSarah M SchwabKaitlyn BignerJenna CalvelageKatie PrestonAbigail LaughlinColin DruryBrady TincherDaniel CarlOluwole O AwosikaPierce BoynePublished in: Physical therapy (2023)
These findings provide a potential biologic basis for the benefits of motivational stimuli, elicited with clinically feasible methods during walking exercise. Future clinical studies could build on this information to develop prognostic biomarkers and test novel brain stimulation targets for enhancing exercise motivation (eg, dmPFC).