The Effects of Exercise Timing and Intensity on Motor Learning in Healthy Adults.

Trakya University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Behavioral: moderate ıntensity aerobic exercise; Behavioral: low ıntensity aerobic exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06166251

TU-FTR-MŞY-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare of the effects of a single session of aerobic exercise with different intensity and timing on motor learning processes in healthy young adults.

Full description

Long-term aerobic training are associated with improved motor learning. Recent studies have shown that even a single bout of moderate or high ıntensity aerobic exercise can lead to immediate improvements on motor learning. On the other hand, there is still insufficient knowledge about whether aerobic exercise should occur before or after motor practice and what the intensity of aerobic exercise should be. In this study, the ınvestigators examined the effects of a single bout of low and moderate intensity aerobic exercise applied before or after motor practice on golf putting task. Additionally, the ınvestıgators evaluated the effects of sleep quality on motor learning and the acute effects of the exercise on cognition. 75 young adults were divided into five groups: two groups that did low or moderate intensity aerobic exercise before motor practice (LOW-MP, MOD-MP), two groups that did aerobic exercise after motor practice (MP-LOW, MP-MOD), and non-exercise control group. The acquisition practice consisted of six blocks of ten golf puttings. The retention was also evaluated both 1 day and 7 days after the experimental day with one block each. The putting performance was measured with accuracy and consistency error scores were computed for each acquisition and retention block. The sleep quality of the night before and the experimental day were evaluated using the Richard Campbell Sleep Scale.

Enrollment: 75 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19 to 24 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age between 18-24 years
• Risk score less than two based on The American Heart Association (AHA) and American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) health/fitness facility pre-participation screening questionnaire
• Physical activity level>1500 MET/min weeks based on the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)

Exclusion criteria

• being elite athletes
• being smokers
• using psychiatric/neurologic medications.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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75 participants in 5 patient groups

MP-LOW (pre-motor practice (MP) low ıntensity aerobic exercise )

Experimental group

Description:

On the experimental day, they participated in 60 golf puttings (acquisition practice) followed by a half-hour low-intensity treadmill run. Retention levels were measured 1 and 7 days after the experimental day with 10 puttings each. Sleep quality (richard campbell sleep questionnaire) and cognitive level (Paced auditory serial addition test) were evaluated in all participants.

Treatment:

Behavioral: low ıntensity aerobic exercise

MP-MOD (pre-motor practice (MP) moderate ıntensity aerobic exercise )

Experimental group

Description:

On the experimental day, they participated in 60 golf puttings (acquisition practice) followed by a half-hour moderate-intensity treadmill run. Retention levels were measured 1 and 7 days after the experimental day with 10 puttings each. Sleep quality (richard campbell sleep questionnaire) and cognitive level (Paced auditory serial addition test) were evaluated in all participants.

Treatment:

Behavioral: moderate ıntensity aerobic exercise

MOD-MP (post-motor practice (MP) moderate ıntensity aerobic exercise )

Experimental group

Description:

On the experimental day, they participated in a half-hour moderate-intensity treadmill run followed by 60 golf puttings (acquisition practices). Retention levels were measured 1 and 7 days after the experimental day with 10 puttings each. Sleep quality (richard campbell sleep questionnaire) and cognitive level (Paced auditory serial addition test) were evaluated in all participants.

Treatment:

Behavioral: moderate ıntensity aerobic exercise

LOW-MP ((post-motor practice (MP) low ıntensity aerobic exercise )

Experimental group

Description:

On the experimental day, they participated in a half-hour low-intensity treadmill run followed by 60 golf puttings (acquisition practices). Retention levels were measured 1 and 7 days after the experimental day with 10 puttings each. Sleep quality (richard campbell sleep questionnaire) and cognitive level (Paced auditory serial addition test) were evaluated in all participants.

Treatment:

Behavioral: low ıntensity aerobic exercise

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

On the experimental day, they completed 60 golf puttings (just acquisition practices- NO EXERCISE) Retention levels were measured 1 and 7 days after the experimental day with 10 puttings each. Sleep quality (richard campbell sleep questionnaire) and cognitive level (Paced auditory serial addition test) were evaluated in all participants.