eurobiological correlates of exercise-induced improvement of motor learning

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Healthy volunteers

• Registration Number: DRKS00025337
• Lead Sponsor: Max-Planck-Institut für Kognitions- und Neurowissenschaften, Abt. Neurologie

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2015-12-31
• Study Start: 2021-05-18
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 34

Inclusion Criteria

no contraindications to MRI
- body mass index (BMI) < 30 kg/cm2
- no history of neuropsychiatric diseases
- right-handedness
- self-reported physical activity of < 4 h/week
- no prior experience with the skill to be learnt (stabilometer)
- no past or present performance-oriented participation in endurance and/or coordinative-demanding sports (for example gymnastics, slacklining)

Exclusion Criteria

- contraindications to MRI
- body mass index (BMI) > 30 kg/cm2
- history of neuropsychiatric diseases
- left-handedness
- self-reported physical activity of > 4 h/week
- prior experience with the skill to be learnt (stabilometer)
- and past or present performance-oriented participation in endurance and/or coordinative-demanding sports (for example gymnastics, slacklining)

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
performance of the stabilometer task (slope of learning curve)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
- d2R test (sustained attention)<br>- digit span subtest from the WAIS (short-term memory)<br>- trail making test (Zahlenverbindungstest; information processing speed)<br>- posturographic assessment on the Nintendo Wii