Cognitive benefits of balance training do not differ by age in adults aged 19–65¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Age did not correlate with pre-to-post change in any physical or cognitive variable (all r < 0.12, p > 0.250). → Rogge 2017

Evidence¶

Rogge 2017¶

Rogge, A.-K., Röder, B., Zech, A., Nagel, V., Hollander, K., Braumann, K.-M. & Hötting, K. (2017). Balance training improves memory and spatial cognition in healthy adults. Scientific Reports 7:5661. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06071-9

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Pearson correlations between age and change scores across physical and cognitive variables were non-significant; the authors call for larger samples to test age-group differences with higher power.

"Age did not correlate with changes from pre- to posttest in any of the physical and cognitive variables (all r < 0.12, p > 0.250), indicating that younger and older participants did not differ in their benefits after training."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Age and Developmental Stage — moderator: an instructional effect differs with it

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