Clinical trials: Elderly Exercise
Aging, Heat Stress
Physiological Responses in Young and Older Adults During a Prolonged Simulated Heatwave
Climate change not only affects the planet's natural resources, but also severely impacts human health. An individual's ability to adequately cope with short- or long-term increases in ambient temperature is critical for…
- Conditions
- Aging, Heat Stress, Physiological Stress
- Trial name
- HW1 (NCT04353076)
- Testing
- Simulated heatwave exposure, Simulated heatwave exposure with mid-day cooling
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Frailty, Social Isolation in Older Adults
A Pilot Study to Explore the Feasibility of Navigator and Coach Support for Community Participation by Older People
Frailty is a multidimensional syndrome in which a person accumulates age-related deficits across life domains, increasingly including social components such as social isolation.
- Conditions
- Frailty, Social Isolation in Older Adults, Frailty in Older Adults
- Trial name
- ENGAGE (NCT07836465)
- Testing
- Navigation support, Coaching support
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bastiaan Van Grootven
Cognitive Performance
The Effects of Externally Paced Exercise on Cognitive Performance and Stress in College Aged Students
The purpose of the study is to investigate the acute effect of martial art exercise and aerobic exercise on cognitive performance in college age students.
- Trial name
- NCT04676542
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York Institute of Technology
Aging Well, Walking, Difficulty
Heat Therapy, Functional Capacity, and Vascular Health in Older Adults
To test the hypothesis that home-based leg heat therapy improves functional capacity, vascular function, and exercise hyperemia in older adults.
- Conditions
- Aging Well, Walking, Difficulty, Hyperemia
- Trial name
- NCT05706181
- Testing
- Home-based leg heat therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Texas Health Science Center
Physical Inactivity
Parent-Based Physical Activity Intervention for Black Families
This study is an 8-week parent-based physical activity intervention focusing on increasing physical activity in preschool-aged children. The participants will be randomized into two groups: control and intervention.
- Trial name
- NCT05910671
- Testing
- Physical Activity Phone Calls and Notebook
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- East Carolina University
Frail Elderly Syndrome
Exercise Mediation on Hormonal, Immune and Psychological Well-being in Institutionalized Frail Older Women.
Frailty syndrome is a complex aging expression determined by ontogenetic and phylogenetic factors. Chronic stress has been shown to have immunosuppressive effects, to accelerate immunosenescence and to cause cumulative disorders…
- Trial name
- UC (NCT04435899)
- Testing
- Physical exercise
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Coimbra
Sedentary Behavior
Improving Physical Activity of Older People in Community Through Trained Volunteers: the ImPACt Study
Research question is can volunteers be trained to deliver an exercise programme for community-dwelling older people attending community clubs and is the intervention acceptable to older people and volunteers? Physical activity is…
- Trial name
- NCT04672200
- Testing
- Group exercise
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southampton
Frailty, Pre-Frailty
Frailty Improvement Through Technology With Informal Caregiver Supported Exercise (FITWISE) for Pre-frail and Frail Community-dwelling Older Adults
The goal of this pilot trial is to evaluate the feasibility and potential effectiveness of a caregiver-mediated, technology-facilitated home-based intervention named Frailty Improvement through Technology With Informal Caregiver…
- Trial name
- FITWISE (NCT07519642)
- Testing
- FITWISE, Psychosocial support, Health education control
- Where
- 2 sites in Singapore
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National University of Singapore
Functional Fitness, Cognitive Abilities
High-Intensity Exercise in Older Adults
The goal of this interventional study was to test the high-intensity interval training called Aphasia Physical Exercise (APEX) in healthy older adults. The main questions it aimed to answer were: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT06199661
- Testing
- APEX
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Older Adults
The Development and Validation of the Arabic Otago Exercise Program
Falls are common in older adults and may lead to disability or even death. Therefore, exercise programs that focus on preventing falls by improving strength and balance are important to investigate in older adults.
- Trial name
- NCT05002803
- Testing
- Otago Exercise Program
- Where
- Jordan
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Jordan
Elderly
Acute Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Motor Memory Consolidation in Older People
Scientific evidence suggests that an aerobic exercise session promotes improvements in the consolidation of motor memory in adults.
- Trial name
- NCT03506490
- Testing
- Aerobic exercises
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco
Aging, Sarcopenia
Effect of Immunocal® With Exercise Versus Casein With Exercise on Aging Processes in Elderly Persons
Aging is typically associated with a decrease in skeletal muscle mass and muscle function, which contributes decisively to disability in old age and to the loss of quality of life.Resistance exercise can increase muscle strength…
- Trial name
- NCT00935610
- Testing
- Immunocal, Casein
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 99 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Immunotec Inc.
Balanced, Quality of Life
Music-Enhanced Calisthenics in Older Adults
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of music-enhanced calisthenic exercises on balance, muscle strength, proprioception, and quality of life (QoL) in sedentary older adults.
- Conditions
- Balanced, Quality of Life, Exercise Theraphy, Proprioception
- Trial name
- NCT06973538
- Testing
- Music-based Calisthenic Exercise
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Feyza Altindal Karabulut
Type 2 Diabetes
Exercise and Activity Guidance in Older Adults With Diabetes
The purpose of the project is to better understand how exercise and education will help mobility and health in older adults with diabetes.
- Trial name
- NCT00344240
- Testing
- Functional circuit training with lifestyle behavior
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Aged, Aged Subject
CREM - Clinical and Functional Outcomes in a Controlled Clinical Trial with Older Adults
To evaluate and compare the effects of different types of physical exercise on clinical and functional outcomes in the elderly. 240 community-dwelling elderly individuals of both sexes, sedentary, will be recruited for twelve…
- Trial name
- CREM (NCT06638697)
- Testing
- Free walking, Nordic walking, Dance
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Wheel-chair Dependent Elders
Improvement and Mechanism of Wheel-chair Music Aerobic Exercise on Depression and Insomnia Among the Elderly in Long-term Care Facilities
Investigators anticipate to develop a customized WC-MAE for the improvement of insomnia and depression in wheel-chair dependent elders, and to identify related mechanisms as biomarkers for prediction and prevention of insomnia…
- Trial name
- NCT02256020
- Testing
- Original lifestyle, Wheel-chair music aerobic exercise (WC-MAE)
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 170 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital
Vegan Diet, Sarcopenia
The Effect of a 12-week Self-composed Vegan Diet With or Without Concurrent Resistance Exercise on Thigh Muscle Volume in Older Adults
Consumers are increasingly encouraged to consume more plant-based foods and lower their consumption of foods from animal origin. This shift is driven by environmental and health factors.
- Conditions
- Vegan Diet, Sarcopenia, Cardiovascular Health, Osteoporosis
- Trial name
- Vold (NCT05809466)
- Testing
- Vegan diet, Resistance exercise, Omnivorous diet
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wageningen University
Virtual Reality
Usability, Acceptability, and Safety of Virtual Reality-based Cognitive Intervention
This study aims to determine feasibility, acceptability, and usability, and to assess the safety of using a virtual reality-based software called ''ReCognitionVR'' in healthy volunteers.
- Trial name
- NCT05583903
- Testing
- Virtual Reality Software
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Cerebral Oxygenation
Cerebral Oxygenation During Gait in Elderly
Ageing is accompanied by a cognitive decline altering gait and increasing the risk of falling. Physical activity could reduce this cognitive decline by an improvement in the oxygen supply to the brain.
- Trial name
- OXYSENIOR (NCT04045444)
- Testing
- walking, cognitive task
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 117 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Régional d'Orléans
Frail Elderly Syndrome
Home-based Prehabilitation for Elderly Patients
As a consequence of the increasing life expectancy hospitals are seeing a growing number of elderly patients undergoing elective surgery.
- Trial name
- TRAilty (NCT03964363)
- Testing
- Unsupervised home-based physical prehabilitation
- Where
- 3 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 512 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
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