The Art of Moving for Sustainable Health (ART-M2)

School of Health Sciences Geneva

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke; Sedentary Behavior

Treatments: Other: Guided visit; Other: Guided visit (stroke); Other: Free visit

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04987255

112187

Details and patient eligibility

About

Sedentary behaviour is particularly high among the older and in the presence of a chronic pathology. Physical activity is limited mainly by the lack of accessibility to activities offered in the city and the lack of motivation.

The objective is to study the physical solicitations and the well-being during the visit of a museum (free or guided visit). Our hypothesis is that this cultural activity induces a sufficient physical solicitation for sedentary people and for individuals with a post-stroke motor disability.

All the tests will be carried out during the same day by experienced physiotherapists. Physical and well-being tests will be performed before and after the visits. The number of steps taken during the visit will be measured.

This is a different approach to promote physical activity and this proposal is an original way to stimulate the physical, psychic and social health of sedentary people. If the results are beneficial, museums could become real health partners to stimulate the activity of sedentary people.

Enrollment: 85 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age > 50 years
• Sedentary condition (<150 minutes of physical activity per week)
• Medical stability
• Mini Mental State Evauation > 22
• Walking independently with or without assistance
• MiniBESTest > 20/28
• For individuals with stroke: chronic post-stroke condition.

Exclusion criteria

• Refusal to participate;
• Person with other conditions affecting independent walking;
• Contraindications to prolonged standing;
• Pain greater than 4/10 on the NRS;
• Concomitant pathologies that may interfere with the results;
• Inability to follow the study procedure (cognitive disorders, dementia, psychological disorders, language problems...).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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85 participants in 3 patient groups

Free visit

Active Comparator group

Description:

Free visit of the museum during 75 minutes for individuals in sedentary condition (healthy)

Treatment:

Other: Free visit

Guided visit

Experimental group

Description:

Guided visit of the museum during 75 minutes for individuals in sedentary condition (healthy)

Treatment:

Other: Guided visit

Guided visit for individuals after stroke

Other group

Description:

This arm is specific for individuals with motor disability after stroke (non randomized condition)

Treatment:

Other: Guided visit (stroke)