Effects of Wearable Sensor-based Interactive Cognitive-motor Training in Older Adults.

Sahmyook University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Subjective Memory Decline; Cognition Disorders in Old Age; Cognitive Decline, Mild

Treatments: Behavioral: cognition training; Behavioral: cognitive-motor training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05983913

SYU 2023-06-020-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

• Based on research showing that cognitive-motor training programs help improve cognition in older adults with mild cognitive impairment, this program uses an interactive system to combine cognitive training with exercise.
• The interactive system consists of wearable sensors and has the advantage of cognitive training without space constraints, and the cognitive training program consists of a total of five developed cognitive training games.
• The program is expected to improve the cognitive abilities of the elderly and improve their physical abilities.

Full description

The proposed study will conduct a randomized controlled trial to compare the effects of a cognitive-motor training program using a wearable sensor-based interactive system on the cognitive and physical abilities of older adults in the community. Study participants will be randomly assigned to receive one of two interventions: (a) motor-cognitive training (b) cognitive training. All interventions will last 50 minutes and will be delivered twice a week for 6 weeks. To determine the effectiveness of the interventions, the primary outcome will assess PFC activity and cognition, and the secondary outcome will assess aerobic capacity, balance, upper extremity muscle strength, lower extremity muscle strength, and instrumental activities of daily living tasks. All assessments will be administered one week before and one week after the intervention.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Community-dwelling seniors age 65 and older
• MMSE-K 18 or less

Exclusion criteria

• People of Hospitalized or institutionalized
• People diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease
• People diagnosed with vascular dementia
• People with musculoskeletal conditions that make physical activity difficult
• People with dizziness that makes physical activity difficult
• People with a wound or bleeding in the head

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

cognitive-motor training group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive 50 minutes of cognitive-motor training twice per week for 6 weeks. The cognitive-motor training program uses a wearable sensor-based interactive system to perform cognitive tasks in a large space without the constraints of physical movement. Participants wear a wearable sensor-based device on their dominant arm or leg and use an interactive system to perform cognitive-motor tasks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: cognitive-motor training

cognition training group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive 50 minutes of cognitive training twice a week for 6 weeks. The cognitive training program will be delivered in booklet form, and participants will perform the cognitive tasks of the cognitive-motor training in a seated position with no physical movement.

Treatment:

Behavioral: cognition training