- Background: We aimed to investigate the potential effects of a 4-week motor–cognitive dual-task training on cognitive and motor function as well as exercise motivation in young, healthy, and active adults.
Methods: A total of 26 participants (age 25 ± 2 years; 10 women) were randomly allocated to either the intervention group or a control group. The intervention group performed a motor–cognitive training (3×/week), while the participants of the control group received no intervention. Before and after the intervention period of 4 weeks, all participants underwent cognitive (d2-test, Trail Making Test) and motor (lower-body choice reaction test and time to stabilization test) assessments. Following each of the 12 workouts, self-reported assessments (rating of perceived exertion, enjoyment and pleasant anticipation of the next training session) were done. Analyses of covariances and 95% confidence intervals plotting for between group and time effects were performed.
Results: Data from 24 participants were analysed. No pre- to post-intervention improvement nor a between-group difference regarding motor outcomes (choice-reaction: F = 0.5; time to stabilization test: F = 0.7; p > 0.05) occurred. No significant training-induced changes were found in the cognitive tests (D2: F = 0.02; Trail Making Test A: F = 0.24; Trail Making Test B: F = 0.002; p > 0.05). Both enjoyment and anticipation of the next workout were rated as high.
Discussion: The neuro-motor training appears to have no significant effects on motor and cognitive function in healthy, young and physically active adults. This might be explained in part by the participants’ very high motor and cognitive abilities, the comparably low training intensity or the programme duration. The high degree of exercise enjoyment, however, may qualify the training as a facilitator to initiate and maintain regular physical activity. The moderate to vigorous intensity levels further point towards potential health-enhancing cardiorespiratory effects.
MetadatenAuthor: | Daniel NiedererORCiDGND, Ulrike Plaumann, Tanja Seitz, Franziska Wallner, Jan WilkeORCiDGND, Tobias EngeroffORCiDGND, Florian GiescheORCiD, Lutz VogtGND, Winfried BanzerGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-512827 |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2050312119870020 |
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ISSN: | 2050-3121 |
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Pubmed Id: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31448120 |
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Parent Title (English): | SAGE open medicine |
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Publisher: | Sage Publ. |
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Place of publication: | Thousand Oaks, Calif. |
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Document Type: | Article |
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Language: | English |
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Year of Completion: | 2019 |
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Date of first Publication: | 2019/08/13 |
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Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
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Release Date: | 2019/10/07 |
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Tag: | Integrated multimodal training; cognition; coordination; dual task |
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Volume: | 7 |
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Page Number: | 8 |
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First Page: | 1 |
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Last Page: | 8 |
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Note: | Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
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HeBIS-PPN: | 455707375 |
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Institutes: | Psychologie und Sportwissenschaften / Sportwissenschaften |
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| Medizin / Medizin |
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| Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / Starker Start ins Studium: Qualitätspakt Lehre |
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Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
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| 7 Künste und Unterhaltung / 79 Sport, Spiele, Unterhaltung / 790 Freizeitgestaltung, darstellende Künste, Sport |
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Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
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Open-Access-Publikationsfonds: | Psychologie und Sportwissenschaften |
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Licence (English): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 4.0 |
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