Does Overpractice Improve Motor Learning?

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Aging

In brief

This study contains two pilot studies: 1) one study will investigate practice dosage of a postural stepping task in healthy young individuals in order to determine an operational definition of performance plateau, and 2) the other study will investigate whether practicing beyond reaching a performance plateau improves learning of a postural stepping task in healthy older adults, compared to discontinuing practice immediately after reaching a performance plateau. The investigators hypothesize that the group that continues to practice beyond reaching their performance plateau will learn and retain the motor task better than the other group.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02898701

Run by

University of Utah

People needed

65

Starts

2016-09-01

Expected to finish

2020-03-17

Last updated by the study team

2021-06-15

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 95. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Inclusion criteria for individuals considered healthy older adults will be: (a) 60-95 years of age.
• Inclusion criteria for individuals considered healthy young adults will be: (a) 18-45 years of age.
• Exclusion Criteria will include the following for all individuals:
• acute medical problems
• uncorrected vision loss
• any other conditions that affect their mobility or balance which might affect their ability to perform the motor task (arthritis, orthopedic complications, metabolic, vestibular, etc)
• Montreal Cognitive Assessment score <26
• non-english speaking

Where it is running

• University of Utah — Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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