This study is part of a quasi-experimental research
project, with a control group on a one-year waiting
list, aimed at assessing the effects of the Jog Your
Mind program. The bulk of the research was carried
out between 2009 and 2013 in Quebec, Canada, and
the control and experimental groups were matched for
one year in order to account for the different seasons.
This study included three periods of measurement, the
methodology has been described previously [77]. For
the present study, only data from two measurement
periods were used. The pre-test and post-test data were
used to study the effects of the program on the
practice of PA (n=271), while the pre-test data were
used to conduct a cross-sectional analysis of the
correlations between the practice of PA and cognitive
vitality (n=294). Fig. 1 shows the study design and
flow of participants through each stage.