The EXE group improved from first to last session more than the REST group (4.1 ± 3.1 sec vs. 2.2 ± 1.7 sec) in the multi-session balance task¶

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Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q3 i? The exercise group's improvement from the first to the last session (4.1 ± 3.1 sec; 48.9 ± 44.5 %) exceeded the rest group's (2.2 ± 1.7 sec; 28.9 ± 16.4 %). → 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

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Descriptive comparison of absolute and relative time-in-balance improvements across six sessions in the randomized pilot trial, as reported in the primary-analysis Results subsection. Reported values are descriptive means and SDs; no standardized effect size accompanies this contrast, so impact is null.

"The EXE group showed larger improvements from the first to the last session (4.1 ± 3.1 sec; 48.9 ± 44.5 %) compared to the REST group (2.2 ± 1.7 sec; 28.9 ± 16.4 %)."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The EXE group showed descriptively higher within-session online learning rates across sessions 2-6, a moderate but non-significant between-group effect (d = 0.53) — related
• 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
• Higher cardiorespiratory fitness is positively correlated with performance improvements under post-practice exercise, and baseline performance and symptom severity correlate with overall motor learning — related