Group Recreation to Enhance Function Aging
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age60+
SponsorState University of New York at Buffalo
About this trial
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.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
> = 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
Disqualifiers
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
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Exercise and art
Treatment groups
80 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov