出版社:Grupo de Pesquisa Metodologias em Ensino e Aprendizagem em Ciências
摘要:Martial arts are considered complete forms of exercise and can contribute to stimulating motor and cognitive skills. The aim of this study was to verify the effectiveness of Wado-ryu Karate-Do training on the cognition of old people diagnosed with mild neurocognitive impairment. Therefore, a clinical trial was carried out with eight people, who responded to a battery of cognitive tests. Data analysis was performed using descriptive and inferential statistics. It was found that in the post-intervention period, the group scored significantly higher on the Digits tasks – forward (p = 0.023), RAVLT A1 to A5 (p = 0.018) and Recognition (p = 0.011), WCST - Conceptual Level Responses (p = 0.020) and Complete Categories (p = .034), Rey's Complex Figure – delayed recall (p = 0.027) and Spatial Spam forward (p = 0.017) and backward (p = 0.033). In the pre-intervention stage, the group had a longer time to perform the TMT-B task, with a significant reduction (p = 0.012) in their time after the intervention, indicating an improvement in the alternating attention skill. The results suggest that the three-month practice of Wado-ryu Karate-Do is related to a significant improvement in cognition tasks of visual memory, attention, alternate attention, working memory, episodic verbal memory and executive functions.