Efeitos agudos do exercício cardiovascular sobre a evocação e savings durante a aprendizagem de uma habilidade motora discreta

We aimed to investigate the acute effects of a continuous cardiovascular exercise on retrieval and savings while learning a discrete motor skill. Forty participants, aged 18-35 years were randomly divided into 2 groups, Exercise Group (EG), which practiced an underarm dart-throwing task and performed cardiovascular exercise before the retention test, and Control Group (CG), which had the same practice conditions of EG without the exercise session. The groups were submitted to 14 blocks of 10 trials on 2 consecutive days. On day 1, there was an acquisition phase; on day 2, the first block was run the retention and the others for savings. We assessed the motor performance through absolute and variable errors. Our results demonstrated that cardiovascular exercise did not impact the accuracy and variability of the motor performance either on the retention test or relearning rate. We concluded that continuous cardiovascular exercise does not influence the retrieval and savings during discrete motor skill learning.