Dual Task Aerobic Exercise for Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment (HM2) — HM2  

Cognitive Impairment Clinical Trial

Official title: Study of Community Based Dual Task and Aerobic Exercise Intervention on Cognition and Mobility in Older Adults Without Dementia

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The investigators proposed research will establish whether combining aerobic exercise with cognitive challenges is feasible and effective in community dwelling older adults with early signs of cognitive impairment.

Clinical Trial Description

To determine the effects of dual-task aerobic exercise training on community dwelling older adults with early signs of cognitive impairment. We will compare an exercise intervention (E-I) versus an exercise control (E-C) group. Each week, both groups will accumulate a minimum of 120 minutes of exercise (target 150 minutes) from community-based group classes (50 minutes of aerobic exercise) and also complete 45 minutes of beginner-level Square Stepping Exercise (SSE). The E-I group will also answer cognitively challenging questions while doing SSE (dual-task training). This study will determine whether a combined multiple modality (primary component being aerobic exercise) and dual-task exercise program is both feasible and effective for improving cognitive and mobility status, as well as vascular compliance, in older adults who may be at risk for cognitive and mobility decline. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cognition Disorders
• Cognitive Impairment

• NCT number: NCT01572311
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Parkwood Hospital, London, Ontario
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 2012
• Completion date: May 2014