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Frailty is the term commonly utilized to describe the geriatric syndrome that exposes the elderly to increased risk of negative health-related events. The frailty phenotypes (PF: physical or CF: cognitive) have demonstrated to predict the major negative health-related outcomes in the old population and show extensive similarities with sarcopenia (for PF) or dementia (for CF). However, the role of neurophysiological and biological factors contributing to the physical and cognitive frail condition, and in particular in which way mitochondrial dysfunction, as well as the hypertrophic and atrophic pathways assessed by genes expression, metabolomics and microbiota composition are contributing to these frail conditions, are still under debate. Therefore, the aim of this trial will be to make evidence based on the behaviors and the strategies that promote healthy lifestyle and successful human aging.


Clinical Trial Description

In the majority of the world, the population is living to a greater age. However, older age is usually associated with elevated risk of several pathologies, as well as age-related organ dysfunctions, which in turn can accelerate functional impairments, disability, or death. To identify this geriatric syndrome the term frailty phenotype has been commonly utilized. In particular, the frailty phenotype can be distinguished in physical frailty (PF) phenotype or cognitive frailty (CF) phenotype. Despite several groups of researchers tried to develop preventive interventions to counteract the physical and cognitive frail condition of elderly, the success of this task has been tempered by the lack of standardized, and universally agreed protocols. Moreover, the limited knowledge of the neurophysiological, and biological determinants of these conditions has precluded important advances in the research of this domain. Many factors combine to achieve a successful aging: genetics, health care and healty lifestile. Therefore, the aim of the current trial will be to understand the behaviors and the strategies that promote healthy lifestyle and successful human aging. Oldest old participants with CF and PF will be selected from the neurorehabilitation unit of the University Hospital of Verona (Italy). Healthy oldest old and young participants will be recruited from the section of Movement Sciences of the University of Verona. After a first phase of neurophysiological and biological examinations that will involve all the 4 groups, only CF and PF participants will be randomly assigned to an intervention program (physical exercise, physical+cognitive exercise or control). Frail participants assigned to exercise groups will then perform 1 year of intervention, 3 days per week, 1 hour per day. Afterwards, the three groups of intervention will undergo the same neurophysiological and biological examinations of the beginning of the study. ;


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NCT number NCT03963050
Study type Interventional
Source Universita di Verona
Contact Manuela Calderara
Phone +39 0458124287
Email manuela.calderara@univr.it
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date September 1, 2019
Completion date December 31, 2023

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