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Chronic Effects of Exercise on Motor Memory Consolidation in Elderly People

NCT02731261 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2016-04-07

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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.

Conditions

  • Elderly

Interventions

OTHER

Motor memory consolidation

Subjects were divided in two groups: a control group and an experimental group. Before the intervention of a physical exercise program, subjects performed a Finger Tapping Sequence 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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Max Age
72 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2013-07-31
Completion
2013-09-30

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