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Cognitive Benefits of Aerobic Exercise Across the Age Span

NCT01179958 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 305

Last updated 2018-08-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that aerobic exercise leads improved cognitive function accompanied by increases in gray matter density and changes in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) patterns of task-related activation.

Conditions

  • Cognitive Function

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

aerobic training

24 weeks of aerobic training, 4X/week

BEHAVIORAL

stretching/toning

stretches and toning exercises designed to promote flexibility and improved core strength

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • New York State Psychiatric Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Richard P Sloan, PhD · Columbia University

  • Yaakov Stern, PhD · Columbia University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
68 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-08-31
Primary Completion
2016-05-31
Completion
2016-06-29

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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