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Cybercycling for Cognitive Health

NCT01167400 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 63

Last updated 2014-09-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Exercise has been linked to cognitive health, but few older adults exercise at recommended levels. Cybercycling may provide additional cognitive benefits due to increased motivation to ride the interactive 3D tours. Participants will be randomly assigned to three months of either cybercycling or traditional stationary biking; and they will complete comprehensive evaluations before and after exercise. Older adults are expected to show significant neuropsychological, physiological and behavioral gains.

Conditions

  • Cognitive Ability, General

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cybercycling

exercising on a videogame-enhanced interactive 3D stationary bicycle for 3 months, 3-5x/wk

BEHAVIORAL

Traditional exercise

exercising on a traditional stationary bike for 3 months, 3-5x/wk

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Skidmore College

    collaborator OTHER

  • Union College, New York

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cay Anderson-Hanley, PhD · Union College

  • Paul Arciero, DPE · Skidmore College

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-07-31
Primary Completion
2010-08-31
Completion
2010-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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