Does Zumba Improve Cognition in Healthy APOE e4 Carriers and Noncarriers

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cognitive Impairment

Treatments: Other: Zumba exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01012791

09-000597

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 65 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 55 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

• History of significant health conditions

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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65 participants in 2 patient groups

Zumba exercise group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Zumba exercise

Non-Zumba exercise group

No Intervention group