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

NCT03506490 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: ESE IPCB03
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 33
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

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.

Conditions

Elderly

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The participants performed a Soda Pop test before the aerobic training session (Baseline).

  The participants performed a Soda Pop test before the aerobic training session (Baseline).

  The participants performed a Soda Pop test before the aerobic training session (Baseline).

Study Arms (1)

Experimental

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.

Other: Aerobic exercises

Interventions

Aerobic exercises OTHER

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

Experimental

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years+
• Gender Eligibility Details: * individuals not engaged in physical activity; * persons aged from 65 years.
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may not qualify if:

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco: lead

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Exercise

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 14, 2018
• First Posted: April 24, 2018
• Study Start: January 3, 2013
• Primary Completion: July 5, 2013
• Study Completion: September 15, 2013
• Last Updated: April 24, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-04