Clinical trials: Active Ageing
Gait Disorders, Neurologic, Atypical Parkinson Disease
Brain Activity During Complex Walking in People With Atypical Parkinsonian Syndromes
Every-day life means being part of a complex environment and performing complex tasks that usually involve a combination of motor and cognitive skills.
- Conditions
- Gait Disorders, Neurologic, Atypical Parkinson Disease, fNIRS, Aging
- Trial name
- NCT06906276
- Testing
- Assessment of brain activity with fNIRS and behavioural assessments (motor, motor-cognitive and cognitive) during three complex walking conditions.
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Vitamin D3 Deficiency
Vitamin D as a Factor Modifying Adaptation to Exercise
Physical activity is a recommended, indispensable element of a healthy lifestyle as well as a countermeasure against many diseases often accompanied by the acute or chronic low grade inflammation.
- Trial name
- NCT03417700
- Testing
- NW training, HICT
- Where
- 2 sites in Poland
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport
Stress, Generalized Anxiety
Enhancing Health in Rural Populations: Music as Therapy
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a music-based intervention can improve mental and physical health and strengthen coping skills among adults living in residential care settings in northern Arizona.
- Conditions
- Stress, Generalized Anxiety, Chronic Pain, Depression Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT07538427
- Testing
- Music Based Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northern Arizona University
Colorectal Cancer
The Biomarkers Of RIsk of Colorectal Cancer (BORICC) Follow-Up (BFU) Study
Worldwide, colorectal cancer is the 3rd most common cancer; risk increases with age and is modified by lifestyle factors notably diet, physical activity and obesity.
- Trial name
- BFU (NCT04005742)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Newcastle University
Inactivity, Physical, Aging
Oral 'Breath Test' to Measure Anabolic Sensitivity to a Protein Meal Across the Age and Physical Activity Spectrum
The purpose of this study is to determine how anabolic sensitivity, in response to the ingestion of a liquid protein meal, differs across the lifespan, between biological sexes, and with varying physical activity levels.
- Conditions
- Inactivity, Physical, Aging, Healthy Aging, Growth & Development
- Trial name
- NFRF (NCT06744491)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Fall Patients
Keep Exercising & Stay Steady: Development and Feasibility of a Health Intervention to Encourage Exercise Maintenance After Fall Prevention Exercise Programmes End.
Falls and broken bones are a common health problem faced by older adults. Worldwide, one third of adults aged over 65 years old, and half of adults aged over 80 years, fall each year.
- Trial name
- KESS (NCT06447948)
- Testing
- Keep Exercising and Stay Steady
- Where
- 4 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northumbria University
Osteopenia, Arterial Hypertension
Comparative Effects of Moxonidine on Bone Metabolism, Vascular and Cellular Aging in Hypertensive Postmenopausal Women
This study evaluates the effect of moxonidine versus bisoprolol on collagen type 1 C-telopeptide in postmenopausal female patients with arterial hypertension and osteopenia.
- Trial name
- COMPASS (NCT02355821)
- Testing
- Moxonidine, Bisoprolol
- Where
- Russia
- Volunteers
- 114 people
- Sponsor
- National Research Center for Preventive Medicine
Sarcopenia, Physical Fitness
Swedish Physical Activity and Fitness Longitudinal Study
Aging means loss of strength, which can affect the ability to lead an active life and be independent. Physical activity can counteract the loss of strength to some extent, but individual differences are large and the mechanisms…
- Conditions
- Sarcopenia, Physical Fitness, Muscle Strength, Dynapenia
- Trial name
- SPAF (NCT06496204)
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 429 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Physical Activity, Aging
Physical Therapists - Recommending EnhanceFitness to Expand Reach
The goal of the study is to develop and test an intervention toolkit to increase the enrollment in EnhanceFitness (an evidence-based group physical activity program for older adults) at Young Men Christian Association (YMCA)…
- Trial name
- PT-REFER (NCT03139461)
- Testing
- PT-REFER Capacity-building Toolkit
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Hypertension, Hormone Disturbance
12 Weeks of Resistance Band Exercise Impacts on Adiposity, Hormones, and Blood Pressure in Postmenopausal Women
The purpose of this study was to examine the impacts of a 12-week resistance band exercise program on body composition, aging-related hormones, and blood pressure in postmenopausal women with stage 1 hypertension.
- Conditions
- Hypertension, Hormone Disturbance, Adiposity
- Trial name
- NCT03919201
- Testing
- Resistance band exercise intervention, No exercise intervention group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Pusan National University
Lower Extremity Muscle Strength
Pro-social Power Training Activity for Aging and Well-being With Chronic Kidney Disease
This is a pilot trial of a 16-week physical activity and power training program among up to 30 Veterans/arm with advanced chronic kidney disease. The trial aims to test whether the program is tolerable to Veterans.
- Trial name
- NCT06089057
- Testing
- Pro-social Power training Activity for Aging and Well-being with Chronic Kidney Disease, Attention Control for Pro-social Power training Activity for Aging and Well-being with Chronic Kidney Disease
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Disability or Chronic Disease Leading to Disablement
Barriers to Physical Activity in Patients With Cognitive, Neuromotor or Sensory Impairments During Aging
People with disabilities are less physically active than the general population. Their barriers to physical activity are multiple and include intrapersonal, organizational, societal and interpersonal reasons.
- Trial name
- NO-BARRIERS (NCT05294068)
- Testing
- standard of care for patients with cognitive impairments, standard of care for patients with neuromotor impairments, standard of care for patients with sensory impairments
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Institut de Sante Parasport Connecte Synergies
Problem of Aging, Smoking
Factors That Influence Adipose Derived Regenerative Cells' Yield and Viability
Human adipose tissue has been shown to contain a group of cells that possess extensive proliferative capacity and the ability to differentiate into multiple cell lineages.
- Conditions
- Problem of Aging, Smoking, Physical Activity, Gender
- Trial name
- NCT02651233
- Testing
- ADRCs therapy
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- Clinical Centre of Serbia
Aging
Effects of Dance on Reaction Time in Experienced Older Adults
Aim of this study was to investigate the effects of 6-month ballroom dance (3 times/wk) on physical fitness and reaction time in twenty- four experienced older adults.
- Trial name
- NCT04680364
- Testing
- partnered dance
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Magna Graecia