Activities for Cognitive Enhancement of Seniors

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Aging

In brief

Cognitive aging and cognitive decline are important public health concerns in an aging US population. The investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trail among healthy older adults to assess effects of several innovative activities on remediation of age-related cognitive decline.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01094509

Run by

Stanford University

People needed

175

Starts

2010-03-01

Expected to finish

2013-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-11-20

Who can join

Age: 70 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 70 years of age or older.
• No other household member already enrolled.
• In reasonably good health: no serious cognitive problem; free of any condition that would limit your ability to participate in Tai Chi classes (a moderate intensity exercise), in Qigong exercises, in a writing program, or in a seminar series.
• Not presently engaged in a regular exercise program; not presently engaged in Tai Chi Qigong or another form of Eastern exercise; and not a regular writer.
• Not now engaged in research to enhance cognitive skills.
• Willing to travel to Stanford for ACE-Seniors program classes. Planning to be in the area during most of the coming year;
• Willing to be assigned randomly (by chance) to one of the ACE-Senior activities.

You may not qualify if…

• Failure to meet inclusion criteria.

Where it is running

• Stanford University School of Medicine — Stanford, California, United States

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