Evidence for associations between Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure test and motor skill learning in older adults.

ABSTRACT: Age-related declines in motor learning may be related to poor visuospatial function. Thus, visuospatial testing could evaluate older adults' potential for motor learning, which has implications for geriatric motor rehabilitation. To this end, the purpose of this study was to identify which visuospatial test is most predictive of motor learning within older adults. Forty-five nondemented older adults completed six standardized visuospatial tests, followed by three weekly practice sessions on a functional upper-extremity motor task. Participants were re-tested 1 month later on the trained task and another untrained upper-extremity motor task to evaluate the durability and generalizability of motor learning, respectively. Principal component analysis first reduced the dimensions of the visuos

SUBMITTER: Lingo VanGilder J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7920933 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature