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Does Sleep Promote Motor Learning? Implications for Physical Rehabilitation

Siengsukon, Catherine F, Boyd, Lara A·2009·Physical Therapy
DOI 10.2522/ptj.20080310
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Sleep following motor skill practice has repeatedly been demonstrated to enhance motor skill learning off-line (continued overnight improvements in motor skill that are not associated with additional physical practice) for young people who are healthy. Mounting evidence suggests that older people who are healthy fail to demonstrate sleep-dependent off-line motor learning. However, little is known regarding the influence of sleep on motor skill enhancement following damage to the brain. Emerging evidence suggests that individuals with brain damage, particularly following stroke, do benefit from sleep to promote off-line motor skill learning. Because rehabilitation following stroke requires learning new, and re-learning old, motor skills, awareness that individuals with stroke benefit from a period of sleep following motor skill practice to enhance skill learning could affect physical therapist practice. The objective of this article is to present the evidence demonstrating sleep-dependent off-line motor learning in young people who are healthy and the variables that may influence this beneficial sleep-dependent skill enhancement. In young people who are healthy, these variables include the stages of memory formation, the type of memory, the type of instruction provided (implicit versus explicit learning), and the task utilized. The neural mechanisms thought to be associated with sleep-dependent off-line motor learning also are considered. Research examining whether older adult…

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  • Age-matched stroke patients in this study did show an improvement in tracing accuracy selectively across the sleep retention interval for both explicit and implicit performance conditions.

    “Interestingly, age-matched stroke patients in this study did show an improvement in tracing accuracy selectively across the sleep retention interval for both explicit and implicit performance conditions.”

    From About Sleep's Role in Memory (2013) · cites this paper as [1081]

  • Sleep also did not benefit the performance of older (50-75 years) subjects on a continuous motor tracking task where the moving target to be tracked could follow a repeated sequence or move randomly similar to the SRTT.

    “Sleep also did not benefit the performance of older (50 -75 years) subjects on a continuous motor tracking task where the moving target to be tracked could follow a repeated sequence or move randomly similar to the SRTT (1079 -1081).”

    From About Sleep's Role in Memory (2013) · cites this paper as [1081]

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Authors
Siengsukon, C. F., & Boyd, L. A.
Affiliations
  • University of Kansas Medical Center (US)
  • University of British Columbia (CA)
Corresponding author
Siengsukon, Catherine F
ORCID
Venue
Physical Therapy
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2009-04-01
Volume
89
Issue
4
Pages
370-383
ISSN
  • 0031-9023 (ISSN-L)
  • 1538-6724
DOI
10.2522/ptj.20080310
OpenAlex
W2099616435
Cited by
45
References
19
Citations by year
2025: 2 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 4
FWCI
0.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Physical Therapy (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Keywords
sleep-dependent learning, motor skill learning, stroke rehabilitation, brain damage, older adults, memory formation, implicit learning, explicit learning, physiotherapy practice
MeSH terms
Stroke Rehabilitation, Adult, Aging, Chronic Disease, Humans, Learning, Memory, Middle Aged, Motor Skills, Psychomotor Performance, Reference Values, Sleep, Sleep Stages, Task Performance and Analysis, Stroke, Physical Therapy Modalities, Young Adult

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