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Aerobic Exercise and Cognitive Training in Older Adults

NCT02787655 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 78

Last updated 2020-11-16

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of a combined cognitive training and aerobic exercise intervention in sedentary older adults. It is hypothesized that the aerobic exercise will potentiate and increase the generalizability of the cognitive training. Importantly, this study will focus on older adults at-risk for mobility disability. This area is of particular importance considering a large percentage of adults are entering old age and therefore likely to suffer from age-related cognitive decline and mobility disability.

To address the investigators' research question 60 adults (age 18-89) will be randomized to one of two 12 week intervention groups: 1) Cognitive Training alone (CT) or 2) Aerobic Exercise + Cognitive Training (AE+CT). The aerobic exercise arm of the study will follow the same format shown to improve a broad range of executive functions in older adults in previous research. The cognitive training arm will consists of a popular commercially-available brain fitness program that has demonstrated specific cognitive improvements and high adherence.

Conditions

  • Sedentary Lifestyle

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Aerobic exercise + Cognitive Training Group

stationary bicycling

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive training Only

20 minutes of cognitive training using Mindfit program

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Joe R. Nocera, PhD · Atlanta VA Medical and Rehab Center, Decatur, GA

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
89 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-02-01
Primary Completion
2019-04-01
Completion
2019-06-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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