Background: Aging leads to a progressive decline in gross-motor skills and executive functions, significantly increasing fall risks. While exergaming and motor-cognitive training are effective countermeasures, literature lacks direct comparisons and data on long-term retention. Purpose:This study compares the effects of an exergaming intervention against a structured gross motor-cognitive training program in older adults, with both protocols lasting 6 weeks. It evaluates the short- and medium-term (20-week follow-up) maintenance of physical and cognitive benefits, while introducing a novel composite gross-motor index. Methods \& Question: The study addresses which intervention is more effective at improving gross-motor coordination and executive functions, and whether these adaptations persist over time.
Age range
60 Years
Sex
ALL
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Reaction time (Ruler drop test)
Timeframe: Baseline and after 6 weeks of intervention
Plate Tapping Test: Assessment of Upper Limb Motor Speed
Timeframe: Baseline and after 6 weeks of intervention
10-Second Foot Tapping Test
Timeframe: Baseline and after 6 weeks of intervention
Throwing and Aiming Ability:Aiming Task Test
Timeframe: Baseline and after 6 week of intervention
Complex Motor Coordination: The Clap-and-Catch Task Test
Timeframe: Baseline and after 6 weeks of intervention
The phonemic fluency test:language production
Timeframe: Baseline and after 6 week of intervention
Grooved Pegboard Test (GPT)
Timeframe: Baseline and after 6 week of intervention
The Symbol Digit Modalities Test
Timeframe: Baseline and after 6 week of intervention
The Digit Span forward and backward test
Timeframe: Baseline and after 6 week of intervention
The short version of the Stroop Color-Word Test
Timeframe: Baseline and after 6 week of intervention
Time up and go Test (TUG)
Timeframe: Baseline and after 6 weeks of intervention