Does Zumba Improve Cognition in Healthy APOE e4 Carriers and Noncarriers

Cognitive Impairment Clinical Trial

Official title:

Does Zumba Improve Cognition in Healthy APOE e4 Carriers and Noncarriers

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01012791
• Other study ID #: 09-000597
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 11, 2009
• Last updated: May 2, 2012
• Start date: November 2009
• Est. completion date: October 2011

Study information

• Verified date: May 2012
• Source: Mayo Clinic
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The main purpose of this study is to compare the effects on attention and memory functioning to participating in an aerobic and dance exercise called Zumba to educational program on exercise that encourages regular stretching and walking.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 65
• Est. completion date: October 2011
• Est. primary completion date: October 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 55 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy women between the ages of 55-80 without cognitive complaints

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of significant health conditions

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cognition Disorders
• Cognitive Impairment

Intervention

Other:
• Zumba exercise
Subjects with do Zumba exercise for approximately 60 minutes twice a week for 6 months.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Mayo Clinic Arizona	Scottsdale	Arizona

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Mayo Clinic	Alzheimer's Association

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	To examine the feasibility of doing exercise intervention studies in presymptomatic, at risk individuals and determine the optimal outcome measure with minimal practice effect.		6 months	No
Secondary	To examine whether forty 60 minute sessions of Zumba are associated with cognitive changes in healthy women between 55 and 80 years of age.		6 months	No