Physical Activity and Motor Memory in Pedal Dexterity

Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco

Status: Completed

Conditions: Elderly

Treatments: Other: Regular physical activity in Motor memory consolidation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02731274

ESE IPCB02

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main purpose of this study was to investigate if a six months period of physical exercise, could improve motor memory consolidation in elderly people on pedal dexterity

Full description

34 subjects of both genders, with a mean age of 71 years old participated in the study. Subjects were divided in two groups: a control group and an experimental one. Before the intervention of physical exercise program, subjects performed a Tapping Pedal Test to measure baseline performance. After the intervention, the assessment of the impact of exercise on motor memory consolidation was held in three stages: Training; 1 hour after training and 24 hours after training.

Enrollment: 34 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65 to 73 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• individuals not engaged in physical activity;
• persons aged from 65 years.

Exclusion criteria

• sensory abnormalities;
• mental abnormalities;
• motor abnormalities;
• other atypical health problems.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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34 participants in 2 patient groups

Motor memory consolidation

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects were divided in two groups: a control group and an experimental one. Before the intervention of physical exercise program, subjects performed a Tapping Pedal Test to measure baseline performance. After the intervention, the assessment of the impact of exercise on motor memory consolidation was held in three stages: Training; 1 hour after training and 24 hours after training.

Treatment:

Other: Regular physical activity in Motor memory consolidation

Control

No Intervention group