Physical Activity and Motor Memory in Pedal Dexterity

NCT ID: NCT02731274

Last Updated: 2016-04-07

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 34 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2014-01-31
• Study Completion Date: 2014-07-31

Brief Summary

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

Detailed 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.

Conditions

Elderly

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Motor memory consolidation

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.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Regular physical activity in Motor memory consolidation

Intervention Type: OTHER

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. For the analysis of the results, descriptive and inferential statistics were used.

Control

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Regular physical activity in Motor memory consolidation

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. For the analysis of the results, descriptive and inferential statistics were used.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 73 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

André Ramalho

Mss

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

ESE IPCB02

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id