2.1. Participants
psychiatric, neurological diseases
NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE, RECRUITMENT
A total of 55 participants were recruited via email and via advertisement on the employees’ website of the University of Graz (Austria). The exclusion criteria for the recruitment were aged younger than 20 years and older than 65 years, regular participation in intense coordinative and/or motor training (e.g., juggling, playing the piano), and cardiovascular, psychiatric, and/or neurological diseases. After receiving further detailed information on the study procedure, 41 participants took part in the familiarization session. Due to time management, five participants dropped out before the first measurement. Subsequently, 36 participants started with the study. The participants were matched in pairs (gender and age) and were randomly allocated, at the rate of 2:1, to the intervention (IG) or the control group (CG). The higher allocation to the intervention group was used to include enough participants who would perform the physical activity break. During the intervention period, a further three participants dropped out of the study. Only participants who completed at least 2/3 of the intervention sessions (16 of 24 sessions) were included in the statistical analysis. Accordingly, 32 participants were included in the final analysis (