Community Recreation to Enhance Function in Aging

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Conditions studied: Physical Functional Impairment, Cognitive Impairment

In brief

This aim of this study is to examine the therapeutic impacts of a group-based recreational program that delivers guided visual artmaking and dual-task exergaming, to older adults. Outcomes of interest include cognitive function (attention, task-switching, interference inhibition), physical function (balance, walking, lower-limb strength), and dual-task performance. Key implementation outcomes including intervention fidelity, feasibility, and acceptability will be explored to inform design of future community-based intervention programs.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07104435

Run by

State University of New York at Buffalo

People needed

80

Starts

2025-09-12

Expected to finish

2027-07-15

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-02

Who can join

Age: 60 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Have no more than MCI (Montreal Cognitive Assessment score ≥ 24 points)
• Have no contraindications to exercise guided by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
• Fluent in English

You may not qualify if…

• Have a condition that would prevent safe participation in the exercise, as determined by the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire for Older Adults
• 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.
• Having a lower or upper limb amputation

Where it is running

• University at Buffalo — Buffalo, New York, United States

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