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Tango for Alzheimer's Disease Patients' Caregivers

NCT03269149 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2025-04-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of the project is to determine the extent to which indices of inflammatory biomarkers, cognition and mood, are influenced by a partnered, dance-based intervention vs control condition in African American (AA) female family caregivers, at high risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Adapted Tango Dance

20 improvisational, 90-minute adapted tango dance sessions over a 12-week period. Classes begin with a 20-minute standing warm-up followed by partnering and rhythmic exercises. Next, novel step elements are introduced and participants will be taught how to combine the new steps with previously learned steps via improvisation. Caregivers will dance with each other or undergraduate /graduate student volunteers. Music will be played throughout classes and artistic expression, i.e., attention to aesthetics, and improvisation, will be encouraged.

BEHAVIORAL

Educational lectures

Participants will take part in at least 20 educational lectures offered twice per week over 12 weeks. Classes will also be 1.5 hours long and will involve lecture, partnered and group learning and extensive Q\&A will be encouraged.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Madeleine Hackney · School Of Medicine, Emory University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
45 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-09-19
Primary Completion
2026-04-30
Completion
2026-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

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