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he controlled group was instructed to conduct the rest of their days as usual with little intervention in conjunction with their prescribed weekly exercise plan. Nevertheless, every participant in the study were given a pedometer to measure their daily walking activities. The intervention exercise group activities included stretching, strength training and moderate to intense exercise in 15 minute intervals, for 90 minutes every week. During the intervention exercise, group participants were given verbal fluency tasks consisting of repeating numbers assigned to specific body parts. Every time a number was called out the participants would be asked to touch the part of the body associated with a number. Afterwards during a different exercise

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