Elucidation of the effects and reversibility of age-related changes in visuospatial abilities.

UMIN ID: UMIN000054574

Registered date:05/06/2024

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Healthy young adults and older adults.
• Date of first enrollment: 2024/06/05
• Target sample size: 80
• Countries of recruitment: Japan
• Study type: Interventional

Intervention(s)

Training group: Participants perform for 20 minutes using the corsi block tapping task, which varies in difficulty according to the participant's performance on the task.
Control group: Participants perform for 20 minutes with the corsi block tapping task, which is best span 1.

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: Mental rotation task: reaction time and accuracy rate Corsi block tapping task: best span and accuracy rate
• Secondary Outcome: electroencephalograph data

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: 18years-old
• Age maximum: 90years-old
• Gender: Male and Female
• Exclude criteria: Healthy young adults History of neurological or orthopedic disease that makes it difficult to perform this research project Healthy older adults Current or previous history of orthopedic or neurological disease of the hand that interferes with daily life. Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score less than 24 Difficulty in holding a sitting position.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Mejiro University
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology