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

Elderly Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03506490
• Other study ID #: ESE IPCB03
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 14, 2018
• Last updated: April 23, 2018
• Start date: January 3, 2013
• Est. completion date: September 15, 2013

Study information

• Verified date: April 2018
• Source: Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 33
• Est. completion date: September 15, 2013
• Est. primary completion date: July 5, 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Exclusion Criteria:

• sensory abnormalities;

• mental abnormalities;

• motor abnormalities;

• other atypical health problems.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Elderly

Intervention

Other:
• Aerobic exercises
The training session lasted 45 minutes and was composed of running exercises.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	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).