Fit & Active Seniors Trial

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Aging

In brief

The investigators propose to test the hypothesis that a six-month intervention of combined fitness and cognitive training in the form of dancing will have a significant positive effect on a variety of executive control and memory processes as well as brain structure and function as compared to a non-aerobic strength and balance control/comparison group. Additionally, these two groups will be compared to walking groups in which one of the walking groups will also be provided with a daily, liquid, milk-based nutritional supplement.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01472744

Run by

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

People needed

247

Starts

2011-08-01

Expected to finish

2014-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-02-23

Who can join

Age: 60 and older, up to 79. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 60-79 years of age
• Low-active: zero to two days of physical activity (> 30 minutes per day) per week in previous six months.
• Personal physician's examination and/or consent to participate in testing and exercise intervention
• Successful completion of graded exercise test without evidence of cardiac abnormalities or responses which are likely to be exacerbated by exercise. This decision will be made by the attending cardiologist.
• Adequate responses to the Telephone Interview of Cognitive Status (TICS-M) questionnaire
• Corrected (near and far) acuity of 20/40 or better in both eyes and no diagnosis of color-blindedness
• Initial depression score on GDS-15 (Geriatric Depression Scale) below clinical level (> 10)
• No presence of implanted devices or metallic bodies above the waist
• No history of brain surgery that involved removal of brain tissue
• Right-handed
• No history of stroke or Transient ischemic attack(TIA)
• Intention to remain in the local area for the duration of the intervention or testing period
• English fluency

You may not qualify if…

• Below 60 years of age or above 80 years of age at beginning of intervention
• Self-reported regular physical activity of more than 2 times per week in last six months
• Non-consent of physician
• Evidence of abnormal cardiac responses or conditions during graded exercise testing
• Inadequate responses to the Telephone Interview of Cognitive Status (TICS-M) questionnaire (<20)
• Uncorrectable (near and far) acuity of greater than 20/40 in either eye and/or color-blindness
• Depression score on GDS-15 indicative of clinical depression (≤ 10)
• Presence of any implanted devices above the waist i.e. cardiac pacemaker or auto-defibrillators; neural pacemaker; aneurysm clips in the Central Nervous System(CNS); cochlear implant; metallic bodies in the eye or CNS; any form of wires or metal devices that may concentrate radiofrequency fields
• History of brain surgery that involved removal of brain tissue
• Left-handed
• History of Stroke or TIA
• Intent to move or be away from the area for an extended period of time (i.e. > 3 weeks) during the intervention or testing period
• Inability to communicate effectively in English

Where it is running

• University of Illinois — Urbana, Illinois, United States

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