The Effect of Age, Physical Fitness and a Single Bout of Aerobic Exercise on Motor and Cognitive Functions

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Physical Activity; Age-related Cognitive Decline

Treatments: Behavioral: Watching television; Behavioral: Aerobic Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03750812

HYMC-0065-18

Details and patient eligibility

About

The proposed study is intended to examine the connection between two types of inhibition - cognitive and motor and the connection between motor inhibitory functions and a single bout of physical exercise in the context of age and physical fitness.

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 22 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Non-smokers
• Do not take psychiatric drugs on a regular basis
• Geriatric Depression Scale score less than 3
• Mini-Mental State Examination score higher than 27
• Healthy and able to exercise at medium intensity

Exclusion criteria

• All others

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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120 participants in 8 patient groups

Highly fit older adults - Exercise

Active Comparator group

Description:

This will receive an aerobic exercise intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: Aerobic Exercise

Poorly fit older adults - Exercise

Active Comparator group

Description:

This arm will receive an aerobic exercise intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: Aerobic Exercise

Highly fit young adults - Exercise

Active Comparator group

Description:

This arm will receive an aerobic exercise intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: Aerobic Exercise

Poorly fit young adults - Exercise

Active Comparator group

Description:

This arm will receive an aerobic exercise intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: Aerobic Exercise

Highly fit older adults - TV

Active Comparator group

Description:

This arm will sit at rest and watch television

Treatment:

Behavioral: Watching television

Poorly fit older adults - TV

Active Comparator group

Description:

This arm will sit at rest and watch television

Treatment:

Behavioral: Watching television

Highly fit young adults - TV

Active Comparator group

Description:

This arm will sit at rest and watch television

Treatment:

Behavioral: Watching television

Poorly fit young adults - TV

Active Comparator group

Description:

This arm will sit at rest and watch television

Treatment:

Behavioral: Watching television