Contrary to predictions, post-practice cardiovascular exercise produced no detectable effect on between-session offline change scores¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? The LMM on between-session offline change scores did not show any CVE effects, contrary to the consolidation-based prediction. → Wanner 2025

Evidence¶

Wanner 2025¶

Wanner, P., Frisch, N., Rikus, S., Roig, M. & Steib, S. (2025). Cardiovascular exercise enhances motor learning across multiple sessions in people with Parkinson's disease: a randomized controlled pilot trial. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-025-00391-6

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Secondary analysis of the randomized pilot trial testing whether enhanced memory consolidation explained CVE benefits, using five relative between-session offline change scores per participant. No statistically significant group difference was found; equivalence was not tested and no effect size is printed.

"the LMM (offline change score ~ 1 + factor(group) x factor(session) + (1 | subject)) did not show any CVE effects on between-session offline change scores"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Long-Term Memory — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Post-practice cardiovascular exercise produces significantly larger motor performance gains than seated rest across six balance-task practice sessions in people with Parkinson's disease, most evident in sessions 4 and 5 — related
• CVE did not differentially affect dual-task costs, subjective task load, or non-learning secondary outcomes (motor symptoms, cognition, fitness, activity, sleep) — related
• The timing of acute exercise relative to learning modulates memory consolidation — a broader claim this one bears on