MOVE for Your MIND

Summary

Among the most promising interventions targeting both cognitive and functional decline, is Exercise. However, evidence regarding exercise interventions among seniors with cognitive impairment are inconclusive, likely due to challenges of recruitment and adherence. Alternatively, seniors with subjective cognitive decline (SCD), who are not yet meeting objective criteria of cognitive impairment, but have been shown to have twice the conversion rate to dementia compared with healthy seniors, are more likely to be motivated to participate and adhere to exercise interventions. Thus, exercise interventions in seniors with SCD may provide a window of opportunity for early prevention of dementia and falls.

The investigators aim to test the effect of a group exercise (multi-task Jaques-Dalcroze Eurhythmics) and a simple home strength exercise program on change of cognitive function and the rate of falling among seniors with SCD.

Conditions

• Cognitive Decline
• Fall

Interventions

OTHER

Dalcroze Eurhythmics Program

music-based multi-task exercise in group setting

OTHER

home exercise strength program

simple strength exercise program to perform individually at home

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Swiss National Science Foundation, Switzerland

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University Hospital, Toulouse, France

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Waid City Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Felix Platter Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• JungDiagnostics, Hamburg, Germany

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Ferrari Data Solution

  collaborator OTHER

• Vontobel Foundation, Switzerland

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Age Stiftung, Zurich, Switzerland

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Gemeinnützige Stiftung EMPIRIS, Alzheimer Fund, Zurich Switzerland

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Stiftung für Demenzforschung in Basel, Switzerland

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Zurich

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Heike A Bischoff, Prof. Dr. med., DrPH · University of Zurich

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

70 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2017-12-14

Primary Completion

2021-11-02

Completion

2022-11-02

Countries

• Switzerland

Study Locations