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Motor-Cognitive Training for Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome

NCT07223905 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2025-11-26

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate if combined motor-cognitive training can improve motor and cognitive symptoms in older adults with motoric cognitive risk syndrome. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Does motor-cognitive training using a virtual reality treadmill improve gait speed?
* Does motor-cognitive training using a virtual reality treadmill improve cognitive functions?

Researchers will compare virtual reality treadmill training with treadmill training to see if virtual reality treadmill training works to improve motor and cognitive functions in older adults at risk of dementia

Participants will

* Complete 18 sessions (1 hour, 3x/week, 6 weeks) of either virtual reality treadmill training or treadmill training
* Complete a pre- and post-training assessment
* Wear an activity sensor for seven days prior to the pre-training assessment and for seven days after the post-training assessment.

Conditions

  • Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Virtual Reality Treadmill Training

The Virtual Reality Treadmill Training (VRTT) group will complete 18 training sessions over six weeks (three 1-hour sessions per week). Participants will perform prescribed tasks designed to challenge motor, cognitive, and motor-cognitive functions within a VR environment projected onto a screen in front of the treadmill (Fig 1). The VRTT system includes a conventional treadmill with a harness suspension system, camera-based motion capture (Intel RealSense, Santa Clara, CA), and a computer-generated simulation (GaitBetter, Tel Aviv, Israel). The camera tracks the participant's feet movements, which are displayed within the VR environment, allowing participants to see their feet navigating obstacles, pathways, and narrow corridors. Each session will include three walking bouts interspersed with rest breaks, targeting at least 40 minutes of active motor-cognitive training.

BEHAVIORAL

Treadmill Training

Participants in the Treadmill Training (TT) intervention will follow a traditional TT program without feedback from the VR system. 70 The focus will be on increasing gait speed and distance, with no motor-cognitive training such as obstacle crossing or cognitive tasks while walking.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Kansas Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-01-01
Primary Completion
2026-10-31
Completion
2026-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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