Inspiring Seniors Towards Exercise Promotion - 2

Summary

Older adults' low adherence to the national physical activity guidelines may stem from a failure to increase positive affective responses to exercise (e.g., enjoyment). Exercising with personalized, tempo-synchronous music playlists has shown promising effects on physical activity promotion in midlife-to-older adults during a cardiac rehab program. The purpose of this study is to determine how personalized, tempo-synchronous music playlists called rhythmic auditory stimulation (RAS) influence exercise behavior change and affective responses to exercise over 8 months among community-dwelling, sedentary older adults.

Conditions

• Old Age

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Exercise intervention with RAS (EX+RAS)

Supervised exercise sessions will be led by an exercise specialist at an open-floor gym. All participants will be asked to attend a supervised group exercise session for moderate aerobic training (MAT) for 15-40 minutes/day and muscle-strengthening training (ST) for 15-20 minutes/day for 2 days/week for the first 3 months, while being encouraged to independently perform MAT on up to 3 more days/week. Then, the same training session will be offered for 1 day/week for an additional 3 months while encouraging participants to independently perform ST on 1 more day of the week and MAT up to 4 more days of the week. Participants will be instructed on set and track exercise goals, supplemented with a series of behavioral supports during the 6-month intervention and until a 2-month post-intervention follow-up.

BEHAVIORAL

Exercise intervention without RAS (EX)

Supervised exercise sessions will be led by an exercise specialist at an open-floor gym. All participants will be asked to attend a supervised group exercise session for moderate aerobic training (MAT) for 15-40 minutes/day and muscle-strengthening training (ST) for 15-20 minutes/day for 2 days/week for the first 3 months, while being encouraged to independently perform MAT on up to 3 more days/week. Then, the same training session will be offered for 1 day/week for an additional 3 months while encouraging participants to independently perform ST on 1 more day of the week and MAT up to 4 more days of the week. Participants will be instructed on set and track exercise goals, supplemented with a series of behavioral supports during the 6-month intervention and until a 2-month post-intervention follow-up.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute on Aging (NIA)

  collaborator NIH

• Emory University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Kyoung Shin 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

2026-05-26

Primary Completion

2028-08-31

Completion

2028-08-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations