The impact of sleep on complex gross-motor adaptation in adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Sleep has been shown to facilitate the consolidation of newly acquired motor memories in adults. However, the role of sleep in motor memory consolidation is less clear in children and adolescents, especially concerning real-life gross-motor skills. Therefore, we investigated the effects of sleep and wakefulness on a complex gross-motor adaptation task by using a bicycle with an inverse steering device. A total of 29 healthy adolescents aged between 11 and 14 years (five female) were either trained to ride an inverse steering bicycle (learning condition) or a stationary bicycle (control condition). Training took place in the morning (wake, n = 14) or in the evening (sleep, n = 15) followed by a 9-hr retention interval and a subsequent re-test session. Slalom cycling performance was assessed

SUBMITTER: Bothe K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6766860 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature