Cognitive Regulation Training and Exercise

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Patient Compliance

In brief

The purpose of this study is to compare CORTEX (Cognitive Regulation Training and Exercise), a multi-faceted, general and exercise-specific cognitive training program plus a 4-month exercise program, to an attention-control condition involving health and wellness informational lectures plus videos. The proposed exercise program will involve both aerobic and resistive exercises. The investigators hypothesize that pre-intervention cognitive training will enhance self-regulation and self-efficacy and in turn, increase exercise adherence. The investigators also expect more positive improvements in cognitive and psychosocial function among participants in the CORTEX condition as compared to the Control condition immediately following the cognitive booster training, and across time.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01837004

Run by

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

People needed

133

Starts

2013-01-01

Expected to finish

2014-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-12-10

Who can join

Age: 45 and older, up to 64. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• men and women
• between 45-64 years old at time of study
• physically inactive for the past 3 months
• have reliable access to internet
• do NOT own or play exergames (Xbox Kinect, Playstation Move, or Nintendo Wii) regularly
• do NOT engage in "brain-training" regularly
• are NOT enrolled in another exercise program or cognitive training study
• willing to be randomized
• able to participant in the full length of the 5-month study with no more than 2 consecutive weeks of vacation

You may not qualify if…

• <45 or >64 years of age at time of study
• physically active (i.e., planned 30-min walking or exercise >2 days/wk)
• do not have reliable access to internet
• own and/or play exergames regularly (e.g., 1 day/wk)
• engage in "brain-training" regularly (e.g., Sudoku or computer game-play 1 day/wk)
• enrolled in another exercise program or cognitive training study
• cognitive impairment as defined by TICS score <21
• depression as defined by Geriatric Depression Scale score >5

Where it is running

• University of Illinois — Urbana, Illinois, United States

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