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

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Elderly
• Interventions: Other: Aerobic exercises

• Registration Number: NCT03506490
• Lead Sponsor: Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco

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.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-01-03
• Primary Completion: 2013-07-05
• Study Completion: 2013-09-15
• Status Verified: 2018-04
• Study First Submitted: 2018-04-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-04-23
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-04-23
• Study First Posted: 2018-04-24
• Last Update Posted: 2018-04-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 33

Inclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Experimental	Aerobic exercises	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.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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).