Neuroathletic Exercise In The Elderly

Neuroathletic exercise is an umbrella term encompassing the disciplines of athletic training and neuroscience. The term refers to the further development of biomechanically controlled and defined athletic training through components of movement control by the nervous system. In the early 2000s, athletic trainer Eric Cobb began to combine the two disciplines of athletic training and neuroscience and began to develop a neuroathletic exercise training system for trainers and therapists based on neuroscientific findings. Finally, Cobb combined findings from neuroscience with practical experience from therapy and training to create his own training concept, the Z-Health Performance Training System. The aim of the Z-Health Performance Training System was to integrate movement control systems into classical athletic training, which until then had been completely biomechanically controlled and designed. Neuroathletic training works like this: for every movement perform, the brain needs sensory information from the three movement control systems: the eyes (visual system), balance (vestibular system) and self-perception in space (proprioceptive system). The three movement control systems are very important for neuroathletic exercise. The three movement control systems are very important for neuroathletic exercise. The clearer and better the quality of the signals from these systems, the better the physical performance, and if the communication between the systems is disrupted or the information is too poor, this will negatively affect the success of the exercise. Exercise that focuses on these processes and the weak points of the nervous system is called neuroathletic exercise. It helps to streamline these processes to improve performance and prevent injury. Neuroathletic exercise can help the body regain its ability to process original stimuli and thus improve our quality of life and performance in almost all areas of sport and daily life.

Inclusion criteria

• Ages between 60-80
• Volunteering to participate in the study
• Having the ability to perform physical, cognitive and sensory tests and exercises

Exclusion criteria

• Having a history of injury to the lower and upper extremities within the last year
• Having regular physical activity or sports habits.
• Having participated in any physical activity program in the last 6 months
• Having a sensory pathology that prevents participation in the study
• Having any musculoskeletal, neurological, respiratory or cardiovascular pathology that will limit exercise
• Having a history of malignant disease
• Having an eye defect that cannot be corrected with lenses, such as cataracts, that prevents tests