Group Recreation to Enhance Function Aging
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age60+
SponsorState University of New York at Buffalo
About this trial
Investigators will develop and deliver a community-based recreation program, delivering group artmaking and group SMARTfit dual-task exergaming to community-dwelling older adults. The program will be delivered through the Buffalo-Niagara YMCA. Outcomes of interest are change in cognitive function and change in physical functioning, inresponse to 24 weeks of weekly training.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
> = 60 years of age
have no more than MCI (MoCA score ≥ 24 points)
have no contraindications to exercise, guided by the American College of Sports Medicine
fluent in English
Disqualifiers
have a condition that would prevent safe participation in the exercise, as determined by the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire for Older Adults (PAR-OA);
have severe neurological disease
have severe psychiatric illness
have a likelihood of withdrawing from the study due to severe illness or a life expectancy of < 6 mo
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Exercise and art
BehavioralWeekly SMARTfit dual-task exergaming and group art-making
Treatment groups
80 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: ProgramExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: ControlNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Cognitive Function: Attention
Change in performance on the Trail-Making Test
Time frame
From enrollment to week 8 and then week 16Secondary outcomes
1
Balance
Change in balance assessed by the Four Stage Balance Test
Time frame
From enrollment to week 8 and then week 162
Dual-Task Performance
Dual task performance assessed using the Timed Up and Go-Dual Task
Time frame
From enrollment to week 8 and then week 163
Cognitive Function: Interference Inhibition
Change in performance on the Stroop Test
Time frame
baseline to week 8, through week 16Sponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov