Trial reportExperimental gerontology2019
Declines in motor transfer following upper extremity task-specific training in older adults.
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- How Common Is the Exponential Decay Pattern of Motor Skill Acquisition? A Brief Investigation.Motor control · 2021Article
- Evidence for associations between Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure test and motor skill learning in older adults.Acta psychologica · 2021Article
- Cognitive and Motor Perseveration Are Associated in Older Adults.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2021Article
- Neural correlates of within-session practice effects in mild motor impairment after stroke: a preliminary investigation.Experimental brain research · 2021Article
- Reliance on Visual Input for Balance Skill Transfer in Older Adults: EEG Connectome Analysis Using Minimal Spanning Tree.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2021Article
- Delays in the Reticulospinal System Are Associated With a Reduced Capacity to Learn a Simulated Feeding Task in Older Adults.Frontiers in neural circuits · 2021Article
- Relating Global Cognition With Upper-Extremity Motor Skill Retention in Individuals With Mild-to-Moderate Parkinson's Disease.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2021Article
- Exploring the relationship between visuospatial function and age-related deficits in motor skill transfer.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2020Article
- Effect of Contextual Interference in the Practicing of a Computer Task in Individuals Poststroke.BioMed research international · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundAge-related declines in function can limit older adults' independence with activities of daily living (ADLs). While task-specific training maybe a viable approach to improve function, limited clinical resources prevent extensive training on wide ranges of skills and contexts. Thus, training on one task for the benefit of another (i.e., transfer) is important in geriatric physical rehabilitation. The purpose of this study was to test whether motor transfer would occur between two functionally different upper extremity tasks that simulate ADLs in a sample of older adults following task-specific training.
methodsNinety community dwelling adults ages 43 to 94 years old performed two trials of a functional dexterity and functional reaching task at baseline, and were then assigned to one of two groups. The training group completed 3 days of task-specific training (150 trials) on the functional reaching task, whereas the no-training group received no training on either task. Both groups were re-tested on both tasks at the end of Day 3.
resultsNo significant interactions were observed between group (training vs. no-training) and time (baseline vs. re-test) on the functional dexterity task (i.e. transfer task), indicating no difference in the average amount of change from baseline to re-test between the groups. However, post hoc bivariate linear regression revealed an effect of age on motor transfer within the training group. For those who trained on the functional reaching task, the amount of transfer to the dexterity task was inversely related to age. There was no significant relationship between age and motor transfer for the no-training group. DISCUSSION AND
conclusionsResults of our a priori group analysis suggest that functional reaching training did not, on average, transfer to the dexterity task. However, post hoc regression analysis showed that motor transfer was both experience- and age-dependent, such that motor transfer may decline with advanced age. Future research will consider how functional and cognitive aging influences transfer of motor skills across different activities of daily living.
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