Cognicise Training for Seniors for Healthy Aging

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the impact of two 8-week motor-cognitive exercise programs - Cognicise and yoga - on psychological, respiratory, cardiovascular, postural, and biochemical health in elderly women.

The main objectives are to evaluate whether these programs:

Improve psychological parameters such as mood, quality of life, depressive symptoms, and cognitive abilities;

Enhance respiratory function, including lung volumes and ventilation;

Influence cardiovascular parameters such as blood pressure and heart rate;

Improve chest mobility, physical fitness, and cardiorespiratory capacity;

Induce favorable changes in selected blood biomarkers, including neurotrophic factors, hormones, glucose, lipids, and blood morphology;

Improve postural stability, as assessed through posturographic analysis.

The study compares the effects of yoga and Cognicise to a control group that does not receive any intervention.

Participants in the yoga and Cognicise groups will take part in supervised sessions twice a week for 8 weeks (each session lasting 45 minutes).

Participants from all three groups (yoga, Cognicise, and control) will undergo pre- and post-intervention assessments, including:

Psychological questionnaires;

Spirometry and cardiorespiratory tests;

Blood pressure and heart rate measurements;

Chest mobility and physical fitness tests;

Posturographic assessment of postural control during quiet standing with eyes open and closed;

Laboratory blood tests (including BDNF, GDNF, 25(OH)D, TSH, testosterone, cortisol, insulin, glucose, lipid profile, and complete blood count with differential).

The aim is to determine whether structured motor-cognitive training leads to measurable health benefits compared to no intervention.

Conditions

• Depressive Symptom
• Cognitive Functions
• Quality of Life
• Physical Fitness
• Blood Biomarkers
• Elderly (People Aged 65 or More)
• Postural Stability
• Fall Risk
• Postmenopausal Women
• Cardiopulmonary

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cognicise Training

The Cognicise program included 16 sessions over 8 weeks (twice weekly, 60 minutes each). This dual-task training combined motor activities with cognitive exercises. During basic gymnastic movements, participants responded to real-time changes in live music and visual stimuli while also solving simple verbal and math tasks. Sessions were divided into 15 minutes of warm-up, 30 minutes of dual-task activity, and 15 minutes of breathing and relaxation exercises.

BEHAVIORAL

Yoga Training

The yoga intervention consisted of 16 instructor-led sessions over 8 weeks (twice weekly, 60 minutes each). Each session included a warm-up (15 minutes), a main phase (30 minutes) focused on exercises targeting the spine, pelvis, and hips, and a relaxation period (15 minutes), including 10 minutes of deep relaxation techniques.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Poznan University of Physical Education

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Piotr Gronek, Prof. · Poznan University of Physical Education

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

65 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-04-04

Primary Completion

2023-06-21

Completion

2023-06-21

Countries

• Poland

Study Locations