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High-Intensity Exercise in Older Adults

NCT06199661 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 4

Last updated 2024-01-10

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Summary

The goal of this interventional study was to test the high-intensity interval training called Aphasia Physical Exercise (APEX) in healthy older adults. The main questions it aimed to answer were:

1. what is the safety and feasibility of APEX?
2. what are APEX's acute physiological effects?
3. what is APEX's effects on functional fitness?
4. what is APEX's effects on cognition?

Participants underwent:

* Baseline testing session (#1) with cognitive measures only (a week before the Pre-exercise session);
* Pre-exercise session (#2) with maximum oxygen consumption and heart rate assessment, functional fitness and cognitive measures (3-7 days before the start of the exercise program);
* APEX program, two APEX classes per week for four weeks (eight classes in total);
* Post-exercise session (#3), functional fitness and cognitive measures, (0-2 days after the end of the exercise program).

Conditions

  • Functional Fitness
  • Cognitive Abilities

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

APEX

Three phases: warm-up, high-intensity interval training (HIIT) phase, cool-down. A 10-minute warm-up included deep breathing meditation and dynamic joint mobility exercises. Then, a 40-minute strength and balance workout in HIIT format with five different high-intensity (HI) exercises interspersed with five different postural stability recovery exercises. The HI intervals focused on enhancing cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength, and motor performance. The recovery intervals incorporated balance and mobility exercises. The HI exercises lasted 30 seconds for the first three weeks and then increased to 45 seconds in the fourth week while the recovery exercises lasted 60 seconds throughout the entire intervention. The HIIT phase was repeated three times in the 40 minute block. Lastly, a 10-minute cooldown consisting of standing and seated exercises similar to the warm-up.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-03-06
Primary Completion
2023-06-01
Completion
2023-06-01

Countries

  • United States

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