Acute Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Motor Memory Consolidation in Older People

NCT ID: NCT03506490

Last Updated: 2018-04-24

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 33 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2013-01-03
• Study Completion Date: 2013-09-15

Brief Summary

Scientific evidence suggests that an aerobic exercise session promotes improvements in the consolidation of motor memory in adults. In this sense, the main purpose of this study was to investigate if an aerobic training session could improve motor memory consolidation in older people.

Detailed Description

The participants of this study were 33 subjects of both genders (M = 68 years old; SD = 4.2 years old) and were divided in two groups: a control group (N = 15; M = 67, 6 years old; SD = 4.1 years old) and an experimental group (N = 18; M = 67, 4 years old; SD = 4.4 years old). The participants performed a Soda Pop test before the aerobic training session (Baseline). The training session lasted 45 minutes and was composed of running exercises. After the training session, the motor memory consolidation was held in three different stages: Training; 1 hour after training; 24 hours after training.

Conditions

Elderly

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Experimental

The participants of this study were 33 subjects of both genders (M = 68 years old; SD = 4.2 years old) and were divided in two groups: a control group (N = 15; M = 67, 6 years old; SD = 4.1 years old) and an experimental group (N = 18; M = 67, 4 years old; SD = 4.4 years old). The participants performed a Soda Pop test before the aerobic training session (Baseline). The training session lasted 45 minutes and was composed of running exercises. After the training session, the motor memory consolidation was held in three different stages: Training; 1 hour after training; 24 hours after training.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Aerobic exercises

Intervention Type: OTHER

The training session lasted 45 minutes and was composed of running exercises.

Interventions

Aerobic exercises

The training session lasted 45 minutes and was composed of running exercises.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

-

Exclusion Criteria

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

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

Sponsors

Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

André Ramalho

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

ESE IPCB03

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id