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| Title |
Effects of Cognitive, Motor, and Karate Training on Cognitive Functioning and Emotional Well-Being of Elderly People
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, January 2012
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00040 |
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| Authors |
Petra Jansen, Katharina Dahmen-Zimmer |
| Abstract |
The present study investigated the influence of cognitive, motor, and Karate (accordingly the guidelines of the German-Karate-Federation, DKV) training on the cognitive functioning and mental state of older people between 67 and 93 years of age. The three training groups each consisted of 12 elderly participants; the waiting control group included 9 participants. Before the training, participants were evaluated with cognitive measurements (cognitive speed: number-connection test, number-symbol test; memory performance: digit-span test, blocking-tapping test, figure test) and a measurement of emotional well-being. After this pre-testing they participated the specific training in on average sixteen 1-h training sessions. The cognitive training exercised inductive thinking ability, the motor training worked on easy stretching and mobilization techniques, and the Karate training taught tasks of self-defense, partner training, and Katas. After completion of the training sessions, all tests were applied again. The results show no significant difference in cognitive improvement dependent on group between the three training conditions. However a significant improvement was found in the emotional mental state measurement for the Karate group compared to the waiting control group. This result suggests that the integrated involvement in Karate leads to a feeling of self-worth and that, even in elderly people, integration of new sports helps to improve quality of life. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 4 | 67% |
| Unknown | 2 | 33% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 6 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 137 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 25 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 18 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 9% |
| Researcher | 12 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 9% |
| Other | 26 | 19% |
| Unknown | 33 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Psychology | 32 | 23% |
| Sports and Recreations | 25 | 18% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 6% |
| Neuroscience | 7 | 5% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 20 | 14% |
| Unknown | 40 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 39. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 March 2019.
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