Interactive Stepping Exercise on Executive Function and Gait Variability

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Health Service for the Aged

Treatments: Other: Interactive Stepping Exercise; Other: Home exercise program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03621267

YM107053F

Details and patient eligibility

About

The present study is to examine the effects of interactive stepping exercise on executive function and gait variability in community-dwelling older adults

Full description

This is a single blinded, randomized controlled trial. 40 community-dwelling older adults will be recruited and randomly assigned to either experimental group (n=20) or control group (n=20). The 12-week intervention comprises of 1-hour exercise per day and 3 days per week. The experimental group will receive interactive stepping exercise while the control group will be put under home exercise program. Primary outcome measures are executive function and gait variability. Secondary outcome measures include community walking test and other gait parameters (gait velocity, stride length and stride time). The participants will receive assessment at pre- and post-intervention

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• community-dwelling older adults
• age ≥ 65 years old
• able to walk independently outdoor without an assistive device
• Mini-mental state examination ≥ 24
• use an exercise pre-participation health screening form by the American College of Sports Medicine to recruit those participants that are suitable to join the training session

Exclusion criteria

• diagnosed of any psychiatric and neurologic disorders such as schizophrenia, stroke, Parkinson, Alzheimer disease, etc.
• any comorbidity or disability that would preclude training

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Interactive Stepping Exercise

Experimental group

Description:

Interactive Stepping Exercise (1 hour, 3 times/week, 12 weeks) The 1-hour training program will start with10 minutes warm-up session, after that 40 minutes of ISE, and ended with 10 minutes of cool down session. Interactive Stepping Exercise (ISE) will perform on a thin mat that was partitioned into 24 squares. The ISE program included forward, backward, lateral and oblique steps, and step patterns were progressively made more complicated.

Treatment:

Other: Interactive Stepping Exercise

Home exercise program

Active Comparator group

Description:

60 minutes, 3 times/week, 12 weeks of home exercise

Treatment:

Other: Home exercise program