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The Active Mind Study

NCT03289546 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2019-02-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to explore whether physical exercise, mindfulness training, or both interventions together can improve cognitive function in individuals with multiple risk factors for the development of dementia in the future.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness training

The mindfulness training protocol will include the following basic components of traditional mindfulness-based stress reduction training: 1) training in awareness of sensations ("body scan"); 2) training in the awareness of the sensations of breathing; 3) training in directing the attention to simple activities of daily life, and in recognizing when the attention is no longer focused on a specific object of attention; and 4) training in 'open awareness'.

BEHAVIORAL

Aerobic training

Exercise sessions will be led by CPR- and exercise-certified YMCA instructors and supervised by the senior research assistant. Sessions will consist of 10 minutes of warm-up, 40 minutes of aerobic exercise (walking on a treadmill), 10 minutes of cool down and stretching. Participants will receive heart monitors at the beginning of the study and will be trained by the senior research assistant to exercise targeting heart rates at 65-75% of the age predicted max heart rate or at an intensity of 12-13 in the Borg scale of the rate of perceived exertion.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Miriam Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Elena Salmoirago-Blotcher, PhD, MD · The Miriam Hospital & Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-04-01
Primary Completion
2018-11-30
Completion
2018-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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