Physical Activity and Motor Memory in Pedal Dexterity

Elderly Clinical Trial

Official title:

Physical Activity and Motor Memory in Pedal Dexterity

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02731274
• Other study ID #: ESE IPCB02
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 23, 2016
• Last updated: April 6, 2016
• Start date: January 2014
• Est. completion date: July 2014

Study information

• Verified date: April 2016
• Source: Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Portugal: Data Protection Agency
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The main purpose of this study was to investigate if a six months period of physical exercise, could improve motor memory consolidation in elderly people on pedal dexterity

Description:

34 subjects of both genders, with a mean age of 71 years old participated in the study. Subjects were divided in two groups: a control group and an experimental one. Before the intervention of physical exercise program, subjects performed a Tapping Pedal Test to measure baseline performance. After the intervention, the assessment of the impact of exercise on motor memory consolidation was held in three stages: Training; 1 hour after training and 24 hours after training.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 34
• Est. completion date: July 2014
• Est. primary completion date: February 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 65 Years to 73 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• individuals not engaged in physical activity;

• persons aged from 65 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

• sensory abnormalities;

• mental abnormalities;

• motor abnormalities;

• other atypical health problems.

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Elderly

Intervention

Other:
• Regular physical activity in Motor memory consolidation
After the intervention, the assessment of the impact of exercise on motor memory consolidation was held in three stages: Training; 1 hour after training and 24 hours after training. For the analysis of the results, descriptive and inferential statistics were used.

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	Subjects performed a Tapping Pedal Test to measure a performance in motor memory consolidation.	investigate if a six months period of physical exercise could improve motor memory consolidation in elderly people	6 months	No