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Kendama

Kendama has been studied in 1 paper since 2024: 1 trial in people. The newest paper, Jul 26, 2024: “A 30-day kendama program for community-dwelling elderly: Effects on participants' physical and cognitive functions and the practicality of the program”.

Intervention

1 paper studies it4 findingsUpdated

“knee extension muscle strength increased significantly by 18.8% after the intervention (p < 0.01).”
A 30-day kendama program for community-dwelling elderly: Effects on participants' physical and cognitive functions and the practicality of the programJapanese journal of comprehensive rehabilitation science2024doi:10.11336/jjcrs.15.34

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Human trial1

What did studies of Kendama find?

4

Studies of Kendama measured 4 outcomes; the most studied are word memory test correct answers (1 study), number of Symbol Digit Modalities Tests performed (1) and stroop test completion time (1).

Word memory test correct answers

upin humans1+18% after intervention

1 study

  1. Kendama increases word memory test correct answers in humans (+17.8% after intervention).

    “the number of correct answers in the word memory test increased by 17.8% after the intervention, with each showing a significant change (p < 0.05).”

    Human trialCommunity-dwelling elderly individuals; before-and-after comparison without a control groupGroup practice once weekly for four sessions and individual practice at least 20 minutes daily30 daysn = 17

    A 30-day kendama program for community-dwelling elderly: Effects on participants' physical and cognitive functions and the practicality of the program

    Japanese journal of comprehensive rehabilitation science

Number of Symbol Digit Modalities Tests performed

upin humans1+5.6% after intervention

1 study

  1. Kendama increases number of Symbol Digit Modalities Tests performed in humans (+5.6% after intervention).

    “the number of Symbol Digit Modalities Tests (SDMTs) performed increased by 5.6%”

    Human trialCommunity-dwelling elderly individuals; before-and-after comparison without a control groupGroup practice once weekly for four sessions and individual practice at least 20 minutes daily30 daysn = 17

    A 30-day kendama program for community-dwelling elderly: Effects on participants' physical and cognitive functions and the practicality of the program

    Japanese journal of comprehensive rehabilitation science

Stroop test completion time

downin humans1−10% after intervention

1 study

  1. Kendama decreases stroop test completion time in humans (−10.1% after intervention).

    “the time required to perform the Stroop test decreased by 10.1%”

    Human trialCommunity-dwelling elderly individuals; before-and-after comparison without a control groupGroup practice once weekly for four sessions and individual practice at least 20 minutes daily30 daysn = 17

    A 30-day kendama program for community-dwelling elderly: Effects on participants' physical and cognitive functions and the practicality of the program

    Japanese journal of comprehensive rehabilitation science

Knee extension muscle strength

upin humans1+19% after intervention

1 study

  1. Kendama increases knee extension muscle strength in humans (+18.8% after intervention).

    “knee extension muscle strength increased significantly by 18.8% after the intervention (p < 0.01).”

    Human trialCommunity-dwelling elderly individuals; before-and-after comparison without a control groupGroup practice once weekly for four sessions and individual practice at least 20 minutes daily30 daysn = 17

    A 30-day kendama program for community-dwelling elderly: Effects on participants' physical and cognitive functions and the practicality of the program

    Japanese journal of comprehensive rehabilitation science

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