Group Recreation to Enhance Function Aging

State University of New York at Buffalo80 enrolled

Overview

Investigators will develop and deliver a community-based recreation program, delivering group artmaking and group SMARTfit dual-task exergaming to community-dwelling older adults. The program will be delivered through the Buffalo-Niagara YMCA. Outcomes of interest are change in cognitive function and change in physical functioning, inresponse to 24 weeks of weekly training.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Physical Functioning Cognitive Functioning

Interventions

Exercise and artBEHAVIORAL

Weekly SMARTfit dual-task exergaming and group art-making

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 60 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria * \> = 60 years of age * have no more than MCI (MoCA score ≥ 24 points) * have no contraindications to exercise, guided by the American College of Sports Medicine * fluent in English Exclusion Criteria * have a condition that would prevent safe participation in the exercise, as determined by the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire for Older Adults (PAR-OA); * have severe neurological disease * have severe psychiatric illness * have a likelihood of withdrawing from the study due to severe illness or a life expectancy of \< 6 mo * have experienced a lower or upper limb amputation * have greater than mild cognitive impairment (MoCA score \< 24 points).

Locations (1)

Buffalo-Niagara YMCA

Buffalo, New York, United States

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Cognitive Function: Attention

Change in performance on the Trail-Making Test

Time frame: From enrollment to week 8 and then week 16

Secondary Outcomes

Balance

Change in balance assessed by the Four Stage Balance Test

Time frame: From enrollment to week 8 and then week 16

Dual-Task Performance

Dual task performance assessed using the Timed Up and Go-Dual Task

Time frame: From enrollment to week 8 and then week 16

Cognitive Function: Interference Inhibition

Change in performance on the Stroop Test

Time frame: baseline to week 8, through week 16

Central Contacts

Nikhil Satchidanand, PhD Exercise Physiology

CONTACT

17168162884 ns1@buffalo.edu

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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