Efectos de un programa perceptivo-motor en la respuesta de reacción en mayores

  1. Juan Granda Vera
  2. José Carlos Barbero Álvarez
  3. Adela Cortijo Cantos
Journal:
Revista Internacional de Medicina y Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte

ISSN: 1577-0354

Year of publication: 2015

Volume: 15

Issue: 57

Pages: 105-121

Type: Article

DOI: 10.15366/RIMCAFD2015.57.007 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openBiblos-e Archivo editor

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Abstract

According to several studies, physical activity can reduce the reaction time of elderly people (Hunter et al., 2001) and even make it equal to that of young people (Light et al., 1996). This project included 52 men and women from the City of Melilla distributed in two groups of study: a Control Group (n=26; M=68, 56 years old) taking part in generic physical activities, and an Experimental Group (n=26; M=67, 32 years) undertaking these same activities and also a specific training programme designed to improve balance, postural adjustment and reaction time. The results do not show significant differences either in the post-test or in the transfer test. However, the subjects from the experimental group achieved better performances on the two study variables (simple reaction time or sRT and initial movement time iMT) (EG sRT M=.55; iMT M=.53; CG sRT M=.60; iMT M=.64). In the per-subgroup analysis, the women of the 60-70-years-old subgroup who participated in the programme obtained significant better results than the subjects of the other subgroups.

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