Educational status influences cognitive-motor learning in older adults: going to university provides greater protection against aging than going to high school
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate if middle-aged and older adults with a higher education would differ from those with an average education in cognitive-motor tasks involving lower limb function. Methods: A walking version of the Trail Making Test (Walking Executive Function Task, [WEFT]) was use...
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| author | Mariana Callil Voos Maria Elisa Pimentel Piemonte Letícia Lessa Mansur Fátima Aparecida Caromano Sonia Maria Dozzi Brucki Luiz Eduardo Ribeiro do Valle |
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| description | ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate if middle-aged and older adults with a higher education would differ from those with an average education in cognitive-motor tasks involving lower limb function. Methods: A walking version of the Trail Making Test (Walking Executive Function Task, [WEFT]) was used. Eighty volunteers (40: 50–65 years; 40: 66–80 years) were subdivided into average (6–11years of education) and higher education (12–17 years). They received two training sessions (session 1: eight repetitions, session 2: four repetitions), with a one week-interval between them. The Timed Up and Go (TUG) test was performed before and after the training. Results: Volunteers with an average education showed longer times on the WEFT than those with a higher education. Older adults showed lower retention than middle-aged adults (p < 0.001). The TUG was faster after the WEFT training (p < 0.001). Conclusion: The impact of education was observed when locomotion was associated with cognitive tasks. Average education resulted in poorer performance and learning than higher education, mainly in older adults. Gait speed increased after training. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-23b576a041ce4771b6784c69e76667d12025-08-20T03:17:51ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-4227751284384910.1590/0004-282x20170155S0004-282X2017001200843Educational status influences cognitive-motor learning in older adults: going to university provides greater protection against aging than going to high schoolMariana Callil VoosMaria Elisa Pimentel PiemonteLetícia Lessa MansurFátima Aparecida CaromanoSonia Maria Dozzi BruckiLuiz Eduardo Ribeiro do ValleABSTRACT Objective: To investigate if middle-aged and older adults with a higher education would differ from those with an average education in cognitive-motor tasks involving lower limb function. Methods: A walking version of the Trail Making Test (Walking Executive Function Task, [WEFT]) was used. Eighty volunteers (40: 50–65 years; 40: 66–80 years) were subdivided into average (6–11years of education) and higher education (12–17 years). They received two training sessions (session 1: eight repetitions, session 2: four repetitions), with a one week-interval between them. The Timed Up and Go (TUG) test was performed before and after the training. Results: Volunteers with an average education showed longer times on the WEFT than those with a higher education. Older adults showed lower retention than middle-aged adults (p < 0.001). The TUG was faster after the WEFT training (p < 0.001). Conclusion: The impact of education was observed when locomotion was associated with cognitive tasks. Average education resulted in poorer performance and learning than higher education, mainly in older adults. Gait speed increased after training.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2017001200843&lng=en&tlng=encogniçãoenvelhecimentoavaliaçãofunção executivalocomoçãopercepção visual |
| spellingShingle | Mariana Callil Voos Maria Elisa Pimentel Piemonte Letícia Lessa Mansur Fátima Aparecida Caromano Sonia Maria Dozzi Brucki Luiz Eduardo Ribeiro do Valle Educational status influences cognitive-motor learning in older adults: going to university provides greater protection against aging than going to high school Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria cognição envelhecimento avaliação função executiva locomoção percepção visual |
| title | Educational status influences cognitive-motor learning in older adults: going to university provides greater protection against aging than going to high school |
| title_full | Educational status influences cognitive-motor learning in older adults: going to university provides greater protection against aging than going to high school |
| title_fullStr | Educational status influences cognitive-motor learning in older adults: going to university provides greater protection against aging than going to high school |
| title_full_unstemmed | Educational status influences cognitive-motor learning in older adults: going to university provides greater protection against aging than going to high school |
| title_short | Educational status influences cognitive-motor learning in older adults: going to university provides greater protection against aging than going to high school |
| title_sort | educational status influences cognitive motor learning in older adults going to university provides greater protection against aging than going to high school |
| topic | cognição envelhecimento avaliação função executiva locomoção percepção visual |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2017001200843&lng=en&tlng=en |
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