The Aerobic and Cognitive Training System

University of Arizona

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy Aging

Treatments: Behavioral: Cognitive Training; Behavioral: Neutral video; Behavioral: Simultaneous exercise and cognitive training; Behavioral: Exercise training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04120792

UA15-011

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will determine the effects of simultaneous exercise and cognitive training on cognitive function in healthy older adults. Specifically, this study will compare the use of a tablet-based cognitive training system while exercising with exercise alone, cognitive training alone, and a neutral control condition on cognition.

Enrollment: 74 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60 to 74 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Generally healthy, age 60-74, and a written statement from their primary care physician indicating that they are able to participate in the 12-week exercise program.

Exclusion criteria

Subjects will be excluded from participating in the study if they express significant concerns about their memory or declines in other cognitive abilities, if they are not English speaking, or if they have histories of significant major neurological, psychiatric, or medical disorder or injury that would affect cognitive function.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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74 participants in 4 patient groups

Simultaneous exercise and cognitive training

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this arm will engage in a 12-week intervention that combines physical exercise and cognitive tablet-based training. This intervention involves use of an exercise bicycle while engaging in cognitive tasks on a tablet computer three times per week.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Simultaneous exercise and cognitive training

Exercise training

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in this arm will engage in a 12-week exercise intervention that involves use of an exercise bicycle three times per week.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Exercise training

Cognitive training

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in this arm will engage in a 12-week intervention that involves cognitive tablet-based training three times per week.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive Training

Neutral Video

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in this arm will engage in a 12-week intervention that involves watching neutral videos on a tablet computer three times per week.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Neutral video