Department of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.
Somatosens Mot Res. 2024 Dec;41(4):191-196. doi: 10.1080/08990220.2023.2191706. Epub 2023 Mar 28.
Understanding the issues of the elderly or providing opportunities for a more fruitful ageing are some of the challenges that the officials and researchers in the area grapple with. The current study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a series of brain gym exercises on elderly males' eye-hand coordination.
Thirty old males (60-80 years old) were selected using the convenience sampling technique and were divided equally into an experimental and a control group. After performing baseline measurements, the experimental group performed the brain gym exercises for 16 sessions; the sessions were held twice in week, and each session lasted for 30 min. The touch test disc was applied to assess the participants' eye-hand coordination.
The results of mixed-ANOVA indicated a significant difference between the experimental and control groups ( < 0.05) and in favour of experimental group.
The results were quite promising and have practical implications for the exercise and routine programs of rehabilitation centres and nursing homes. However, the limited research studies conducted in the area make use recommend conducting more studies using larger samples of both genders and exploiting other tasks of eye-hand coordination.
理解老年人的问题或为更充实的老龄化提供机会，是该领域的官员和研究人员面临的一些挑战。本研究旨在调查一系列大脑健身操对老年男性手眼协调能力的影响。
采用便利抽样技术选择了 30 名老年男性（60-80 岁），并将其平均分为实验组和对照组。在进行基线测量后，实验组进行了 16 次大脑健身操练习；每周进行两次，每次 30 分钟。使用触摸测试盘评估参与者的手眼协调能力。
混合方差分析的结果表明，实验组和对照组之间存在显著差异（<0.05），且实验组更优。
结果相当有前景，对康复中心和养老院的锻炼和常规计划具有实际意义。然而，该领域进行的有限研究利用建议进行更多研究，使用更大的男女样本，并利用其他手眼协调任务。
