Mimic-game & Groove: A TeleXercise Intervention to Get Active & Get Healthy

Summary

The composite effect of reduced balance, cognition, gait abnormalities/gait disturbances, and physical activity in older adults leads to fear of falling and decreased participation in daily activities, resulting in reduced cardiovascular fitness and deconditioning. Although many conventional balance and strength training programs have been implemented for older adults, these adults do not receive adequate practice dosage to make significant improvements, most likely due to lack of adherence to therapy and/or inadequate incorporation of all domains of the ICF model (body functions and structures, activities and participation) and lack of targeting cognitive-motor interference (deterioration of motor and/or cognitive function when both tasks are performed together). The use of TeleXercise via Tele rehabilitation has been found to be relatively enjoyable for older adults due to increased motivation and adherence to therapy, which led to the added improvement of physical and cognitive functioning. The overall aim of this pilot is to develop and test the Mimic-Me \& Groove TeleXercise platform and then evaluate the compliance and efficacy of the TeleXercise intervention compared to control group receiving standard of care (education on conventional exercise and fall prevention program) for older adults as well as its effect on enhancing balance, gait, and cognition, and physical activity. Investigators also hope that the net effect of improvement in these domains of health outcomes will result in pre and post improvement in endurance and cardiovascular function and reduction of fall risk and improved quality of life of older adults. The study investigates the efficacy of a TeleXercise intervention in older adults by demonstrating its feasibility, compliance rate and also determine the efficacy of the Mimic-Me \& Groove TeleXercise in improving health outcomes such as motor and cognitive functions, thereby reducing cognitive-motor interference. The study will also aim to determine the effectiveness of the TeleXercise in improving cardiovascular fitness and physical activity (PA) in older adults.

Conditions

• Healthy Older Adults

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mimic- game and groove- Telerehabilitation

Participants will mimic the exergaming-based animation videos shown to them by the health coach. They will also wear a wearable device that will measure the heart rate and physical activity during the training. The intervention will have 12 sessions for 4 weeks, each session for 1.5 hours, including warm-ups and cool-down. Warm-up and cool down are for 20 minutes. Additionally, Participants are provided with a set of balance exercises which includes non-interactive balance games (stepping forward, backward, sideways), Tai-Chi, Weight shifting (to right leg, left leg and practice distributing equal weights on both the legs), Aerobic (stepping in place), dance, strength, and stretching

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Illinois at Chicago

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Tanvi S Bhatt, PhD · University of Illinois at Chicago

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

55 Years

Max Age

85 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2020-08-28

Primary Completion

2023-02-20

Completion

2023-07-30

Countries

• United States

Study Locations