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The Effect of Physical Activity on the Brain

NCT01475396 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2012-06-19

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Summary

Physical activity is thought to increase overall body functions and to decrease cardiovascular and stroke risk factors. Now the question arose, wether enhanced exercise could also exert positive influence on cognition in the aging brain. Therefore, 50 to 80 years old healthy subjects take part in a prospective study with regular sports activity during 6 months. Cognitive functions are detected with sensitive neuropsychological outcome measures, further investigations include MRT of the head, lactat- and other physical measures as well as detailed serum profiles. As a hypothesis, enhanced physical activity is suggested to predict better cognitive performance.

Conditions

  • Aerobic Exercise
  • Anaerobic Exercise
  • Unchanged Condition

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

exercise

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University Hospital Muenster

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Agnes Flooel, MD · University Hospital of Muenster

  • Stefan Knecht, MD · University Hospital of Muenster

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-03-31
Primary Completion
2012-03-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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