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Inspiring Seniors Toward Exercise Promotion

NCT06364189 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 54

Last updated 2025-12-08

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the benefits of beat-accented music stimulation (BMS) for behavioral changes of physical activity (PA) in older adults. Specific Aims are to determine (1) whether BMS beneficially influences PA behaviors and psychological responses to PA in older adults for 6 months, and (2) whether exercising with BMS differently influences physical and cognitive functioning as well as quality of life in older adults.

To test the effects of BMS on PA, participants will be randomly assigned to an exercise intervention that either includes BMS or does not include BMS. Participants will attend a supervised group strength training (ST) (30 min/day) and aerobic exercise (AE) (30-50 min/day) session for 3 days/week for the first 2 months, 1 day/week for the next 2 months (while encouraging participants to independently perform both AE and ST on other days), and independently for the final 2 months (always with a goal of performing \>150min/week AE and 3 days/week of ST for 30 min/day.

Conditions

  • Cognitively Normal Older Adults

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Music

Individualized play lists of music with the beats accentuated will be developed at a range of cadences. The music intervention is such that during strength training participants will be asked to sync their concentric and eccentric muscle contractions in time with the tempo of playlists. For aerobic exercise (AE), the tempo of playlists will be adjusted to match individual walking cadence for participants to be trained to walk in sync with the beats of the playlists.

BEHAVIORAL

Exercise

The ST incorporates single-leg exercises for balance training and training with resistance bands and body weight. For aerobic exercise (AE), participants will be instructed to walk at moderate intensity with duration increasing up to an ultimate goal of 150 min/week.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of North Carolina, Greensboro

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jennifer L Etnier, PhD · University of North Carolina, Greensboro

  • Kyoungshin Park, PhD · Emory University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-05-15
Primary Completion
2025-08-31
Completion
2025-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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