WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.718 --> 00:00:03.635 (electronic music) 2 00:00:09.665 --> 00:00:12.754 line:15% By the year 2060 one in every four people 3 00:00:12.754 --> 00:00:15.552 line:15% is going to be over the age of 65. 4 00:00:15.552 --> 00:00:17.557 line:15% Now the problem is that the process of aging 5 00:00:17.557 --> 00:00:21.212 is inevitable and is going to effect you and I. 6 00:00:21.212 --> 00:00:24.462 Fine motor skills help us with activities of daily living 7 00:00:24.462 --> 00:00:27.224 and become to deteriorate over time. 8 00:00:27.224 --> 00:00:31.583 Prehension, proprioception, depth perception, locomotion 9 00:00:31.583 --> 00:00:34.753 and balance are all factors in motor function. 10 00:00:34.753 --> 00:00:36.688 If any of these factors are compromised, 11 00:00:36.688 --> 00:00:38.003 this is going to create problems 12 00:00:38.003 --> 00:00:40.431 completing simple, every day tasks 13 00:00:40.431 --> 00:00:44.542 such as buttoning a shirt, self feeding, self ambulating. 14 00:00:44.542 --> 00:00:47.909 These are all tasks that help us stay more independent, 15 00:00:47.909 --> 00:00:51.725 but as we age, this independency becomes a dependency 16 00:00:51.725 --> 00:00:54.885 on healthcare providers in institutionalized living 17 00:00:54.885 --> 00:00:59.403 that can cost anywhere from 40 to $80,000 annually 18 00:00:59.403 --> 00:01:01.457 just in the state of Mississippi. 19 00:01:01.457 --> 00:01:04.792 Now the benefit is that there is another way 20 00:01:04.792 --> 00:01:08.113 to both gain and maintain a level of independence 21 00:01:08.113 --> 00:01:11.355 for the older adults and that's through exercise. 22 00:01:11.355 --> 00:01:15.707 So tai chi is a low intensity martial art type of exercise 23 00:01:15.707 --> 00:01:18.291 that has been studied in older adults. 24 00:01:18.291 --> 00:01:20.795 We've seen benefits in reducing falls, 25 00:01:20.795 --> 00:01:24.291 reducing the fear of falls, balance, strength, 26 00:01:24.291 --> 00:01:26.799 flexibility and cardiovascular health. 27 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:28.814 But what makes our study so unique 28 00:01:28.814 --> 00:01:31.983 is that we focused primarily on fine motor skills 29 00:01:31.983 --> 00:01:33.296 because of their association 30 00:01:33.296 --> 00:01:35.598 with activities of daily living. 31 00:01:35.598 --> 00:01:38.630 Now we looked specifically at a tai chi versus bingo 32 00:01:38.630 --> 00:01:41.501 attentional control eight week interventions 33 00:01:41.501 --> 00:01:43.436 where they met twice a week. 34 00:01:43.436 --> 00:01:45.860 After these eight weeks, we looked specifically 35 00:01:45.860 --> 00:01:49.928 at these fine motor skills and found that benefits 36 00:01:49.928 --> 00:01:53.257 of manual dexterity were significantly improved 37 00:01:53.257 --> 00:01:55.784 in both tai chi and bingo, 38 00:01:55.784 --> 00:01:58.623 but the interesting part about that 39 00:01:58.623 --> 00:02:00.916 is the fact that tai chi didn't use the same 40 00:02:00.916 --> 00:02:04.143 hand manipulation tasks that bingo did. 41 00:02:04.143 --> 00:02:06.679 Now on the other hand, we looked at eye-hand coordination 42 00:02:06.679 --> 00:02:09.754 with a simulated feeding task and that we found 43 00:02:09.754 --> 00:02:12.245 significant improvements in tai chi, 44 00:02:12.245 --> 00:02:13.605 but not in bingo. 45 00:02:13.605 --> 00:02:16.846 So what we can conclude so far is that tai chi 46 00:02:16.846 --> 00:02:19.019 is beneficial for older adults 47 00:02:19.019 --> 00:02:21.237 to improve eye-hand coordination 48 00:02:21.237 --> 00:02:25.404 and manual dexterity through a simulated page-turning task. 49 00:02:26.418 --> 00:02:29.108 Those things are going to then gonna benefit the activities 50 00:02:29.108 --> 00:02:33.372 of daily living that help with fine motor skills, 51 00:02:33.372 --> 00:02:36.466 improving an overall quality of life. 52 00:02:36.466 --> 00:02:37.739 Thank you. 53 00:02:37.739 --> 00:02:40.489 (pleasant music)