Effects of Two Types of Concurrent Training in Functional Performance and Cognitive Function of Older Adults

Aging Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Traditional Concurrent Training and Concurrent Training Composed by Strenght Traning and Dance Classes in Functional Performance, Cognitive Function and Quality of Life of Older Adults: a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05859243
• Other study ID #: uRioGrandeLAPEx
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 22, 2023
• Est. completion date: August 30, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: May 2024
• Source: Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
• Contact: Eduardo Lusa Cadore, Dr
• Phone: 5551999079773
• Email: edcadore[@]yahoo.com.br
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this randomized controlled clinical trial is to identify and compare the impacts of traditional concurrent training and concurrent training consisting of strength training combined with dance classes on functional performance, cognitive function and quality of life in older people. The main question it aims to answer are:

• The concurrent training consisting of strength training combined with dance classes can provide similar benefits to traditional concurrent training in neuromuscular and cardiorrespiratory performance, cognitive function and quality of life in older people?

Participants will training one of the two types of concurrent training (traditional concurrent training or concurrent training consisting of strength training combined with dance classes), two times a week, over 12 weeks.

Researchers will compare traditional concurrent training, concurrent training consisting of strength training combined with dance classes and a control group without exercise to see if this modalitys of physical exercise can provide increases in neuromuscular and cardiorrespiratory performance, cognitive function and quality of life in older people.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 36
• Est. completion date: August 30, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: August 30, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria:

• Be male or female aged between 65 and 75 years old

• Do not practice regular physical exercises for at least three months

• No history of competitive sports throughout life

• Not having musculoskeletal and neurological diseases or disorders that may influence the performance of the exercises or affect the test results

• Not having health conditions in which physical exercise is contraindicated

• Achieve a score of no less than 24 on the Mini Mental State Exam

• Achieve a score of up to 9.11 on the Baecke Physical Activity Questionnaire.

Exclusion criteria:

• Miss more than 20% of training sessions

• Miss more than three workouts in a row

• Failure to attend any of the evaluations will be excluded from the study.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Aging

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Traditional concurrent training
The subjects will perform two sessions per week of traditional concurrent training, consisting of strength training followed by aerobic exercise over 12 weeks, with progressive intensities and training volumes. Each traditional concurrent training session will consist of specific warm-up performed on equipment for upper and lower limbs with a load of less than 30% of the training load. Then the bench press, low row, leg press, extension and knee flexion exercises will be performed. Participants will be instructed to perform the concentric phase of the movement in one second and the eccentric phase in two seconds. After strength training, aerobic training (walking outdoors or on a treadmill) will be performed with intensity based on the adapted BORG effort perception scale (ranged to 0 = minimum effort, to 10 = maximal effort).
• Concurrent training consisting of strength training combined with dance classes
Each concurrent training session associated with dance classes will consist of the same strength training as the traditional concurrent training group, but the traditional aerobic training will be replaced by a dance class. Each dance class will consist of a 5-minute general warm-up with joint mobility exercises and dynamic stretching. Then the main part will be performed with the elaboration of choreography, lasting approximately 20 minutes. Finally, there will be a 5-minute cool-down with stretching exercises. Classes will be held in four different dance modalities, divided into four modules.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Escola de Educação Física, Fisioterapia e Dança - UFRGS	Porto Alegre	Rio Grande Do Sul

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Eduardo Lusa Cadore

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in Dynamic balance	Assessed by Timed Up and Go Test	Baseline, 8 and 12 weeks
Primary	Change in Cognitive function	Assessed by Mini Exam of Mental State	Baseline, 8 and 12 weeks
Primary	Change in Self reported quality of life	Assessed by World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionary, on a scale ranging from 26 to 130. Higher scores are considered better.	Baseline, 8 and 12 weeks
Primary	Change in Static Balance	Assessed by One leg Stance Test	Baseline, 8 and 12 weeks
Primary	Change in Seat to Stand Capacity	Assessed by 30s Seat to Stand Test	Baseline, 8 and 12 weeks
Primary	Change in Stairs Climb Capacity	Assessed by 10 step climb test	Baseline, 8 and 12 weeks
Primary	Change in Leg Strenght	Assessed by One repetition maximum knee extension test	Baseline, 8 and 12 weeks
Primary	Change in Leg Power	Assessd by 30% and 70% of One repetition maximum knee extension Test	Baseline, 8 and 12 weeks
Primary	Change in Hand Grip Strenght	Assessed by Hand Grip Test with Hydraulic Dynamometer	Baseline, 8 and 12 weeks
Primary	Change in Cardiorrespiratory Capacity	Assessed by the 6 minutes walk test	Baseline, 8 and 12 weeks
Secondary	Change in Quadriceps muscle thickness	Assessed by ultrasound	Baseline and 12 weeks
Secondary	Change in Affectivity with the intervention	Assessed by Scale (+5 = very good, -5 = very bad)	8 and 12 weeks
Secondary	Change in Lipid profile	plasma concentrations of total cholesterol, HDL and triglycerides will be determined by the colorimetric method with specific kits in an automatic analyzer (Cobas C111, Roche Diagnostics, Basel, Switzerland).	Baseline and 12 weeks
Secondary	Change in Specific tension of quadriceps	Calculated by the formula: maximum knee extension strength/quadriceps muscle thickness	Baseline and 12 weeks
Secondary	Change in depressive symptoms	Measured using the Geriatric Depression Scale, that consists of 15 questions with binary answers (yes/no) and easy to understand. It ranges from zero (absence of depressive symptoms) to fifteen points (maximum score of depressive symptoms).	Baseline and 12 weeks