Exercise Improves Executive Function and Dual-task Decrements

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Older Adults

Treatments: Other: Education classes; Other: Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02102308

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NSC100-2314-B-010-021-MY2 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

A 12-week multicomponent exercise is effective in improving executive function and gait performance in dual-task conditions.

Enrollment: 29 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age more than 65 years old
• ability to walk outdoor independently without assistive devices

Exclusion criteria

• unstable medical conditions interfering with participation in the study
• diagnosis of dementia, psychosis, neurological disease, and depression
• unable to receive external information for finishing the neuropsychological tests

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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29 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Exercise

Experimental group

Description:

Multicomponent exercise

Treatment:

Other: Exercise

Education classes

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Education classes

Treatment:

Other: Education classes