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Effects of Exercise on Functional Ability in People With Dementia in Nursing Homes:a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial

NCT02444078 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 140

Last updated 2025-12-10

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Summary

This is a cluster randomised controlled trial composed of two research arms: exercise training group (experimental group) and a social activity group (control group).

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Exercise

Exercise training will take place in the NH, twice weekly, around 60 minutes per session (session duration can be shorter during the first weeks of intervention according with participants' physical capacity), during 6 months; interval between two exercise sessions will be of at least 48 hours. The exercise program will be a multicomponent training, with exercises specifically developed to improve participants' flexibility (10 minutes), coordination and balance (10 minutes), muscle toning (10 minutes), and cardiorespiratory capacity (25 minutes). The exercise intensity targeted will be moderate. All exercise sessions will be accompanied by music.

OTHER

Social Activity

Interventionists will be health professionals external to the NH, preferentially psychologists. Interventions will take place in the NHs, at the same frequency and duration than the exercise intervention (twice weekly, 60 minutes per session, during 6 months).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Toulouse

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Yves ROLLAND, MD · Toulouse University Hospital (CHU Toulouse)

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-08-31
Primary Completion
2016-09-30
Completion
2017-09-30

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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