Clinical trials: Elderly Exercise
Muscles
Rates of Recovery From Strenuous Exercise in Physically Active Older Adults
The purpose of this study to determine if older adults who are healthy and physically active (i.e., Masters athletes) demonstrate slower rates of recovery from unaccustomed strenuous exercise of downhill running than younger…
- Trial name
- NCT02899650
- Testing
- exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Fall
Impact of Telephone Coaching on Physical Performance in a Physical Exercise Maintenance Program for Fallers Elderly Patients Living at Home
At home, maintenance, physical performance declines more or less rapidly from 6 weeks depending advancing age and duration of the training period .
- Trial name
- STEP-PA (NCT02828826)
- Testing
- telephone coaching
- Where
- 10 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 101 people
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital
Frailty, Sarcopenia
FrAilty Care and wEll-funcTion in Community Dwelling Older Adults
This study is looking at whether older people could benefit from an online monitoring platform to support their individual ambitions to maintain or improve functional ability.
- Conditions
- Frailty, Sarcopenia, Aging
- Trial name
- FACET (NCT03707145)
- Testing
- Consultation, Online Support, Empowered
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aberystwyth University
Prostate Cancer, Bladder Cancer
Project HERO: Health Empowerment & Recovery Outcomes
Project HERO is a 12-week study of the efficacy of Body Mind Training (BMT, i.e. Tai Chi and Qigong in this project) for reducing fatigue in male cancer survivors.
- Conditions
- Prostate Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Kidney Cancer, Colon Cancer
- Trial name
- HERO (NCT03345563)
- Testing
- Body Mind Training (BMT), Body Training (BT):, Usual Care (UC)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 113 people
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Exercise Training to Improve PTSD Symptoms and Health in Older Veterans
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is prevalent among military Veterans and is more than just a psychological condition; PTSD has profound negative impacts on health, function, and quality of life.
- Trial name
- NCT04199182
- Testing
- Exercise Training, Healthy Aging Attention Control (HA-ATC)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Alzheimer Disease, At Risk, Alzheimer Disease, Protection Against
The STEP 4Life Trial
The objective of this study is to test the feasibility of using behavioral economic interventions (gamification with social incentives) targeting daily step counts to prevent or delay the development of Alzheimer's Disease and…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, At Risk, Alzheimer Disease, Protection Against, Dementia
- Trial name
- NCT05069155
- Testing
- Gamification
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 240 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Cognitive Function, Preclinical, Chronic Kidney Diseases
Exercise Training and Cognitive Function in Kidney Disease
Chronic kidney disease (CKD), affects over 45% of all individuals over 70 years of age. Patients with moderate CKD have more than a two-fold increased risk of cognitive impairment than those without CKD; furthermore, as many as…
- Conditions
- Cognitive Function, Preclinical, Chronic Kidney Diseases, Older Adults
- Trial name
- NCT03197038
- Testing
- Partially supervised home-based walking exercise, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Middle Aged
Text Messaging to Increase Activity in Midlife
This is a randomized controlled pilot trial of a text message intervention to promote physical activity in midlife adults (MASTERY), compared to an attention-matched control condition.
- Trial name
- MASTERY (NCT04849052)
- Testing
- MASTERY, Attentional Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 116 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Aging
A New Adaptive Physical Activity Technology in Older Adults
The purpose of this study is to explore the feasibility and acceptability of a new physical activity technology (Jintronix) based on TV screen, virtual games and motion sensing cameras among pre-disabled older adults.
- Trial name
- Jintronix (NCT02467491)
- Testing
- Jintronix
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Physical Activity
Peer Empowerment Program for Physical Activity in Low Income and Minority Seniors
Older adults are the least active population group in the US. Yet, research has shown that an increase in physical activity (PA) can have immediate and profound effects on cardiovascular health.
- Trial name
- PEP4PA (NCT02405325)
- Testing
- Physical Activity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 476 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Aging, Sedentary Lifestyle
Nitrites, Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Bioenergetics, and Physical Activity in Old Age
This 2-site randomized double blinded controlled trial is to confirm and more definitively clarify the impact of a 12-week course of nitrite versus placebo on mitochondrial bioenergetics in older sedentary adults.
- Conditions
- Aging, Sedentary Lifestyle, Frailty
- Trial name
- Nitrite (NCT04405180)
- Testing
- 20mg sodium nitrite tid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Gladwin, Mark, MD
Sedentary Lifestyle
Exercise Effects on Brain Health and Learning From Minutes to Months
Given the accelerating growth of older adults worldwide and the decline in cognitive function with aging, therapeutics that remediate age-related cognitive decline are needed more than ever.
- Trial name
- EXTEND (NCT03114150)
- Testing
- Cardiorespiratory fitness training, Functional fitness training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 122 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Michelle W. Voss
Accidental Falls
Living in Fitness Together (LIFT): Testing an Innovative Fall Prevention Program
The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a group-based fall prevention program for older adults.
- Trial name
- LIFT (NCT02732366)
- Testing
- Group-based exercise and peer coaching, Usual PT and attention control grp class
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Chronic Pain, Obesity
A Mobile Intervention to Reduce Pain and Improve Health (MORPH)
Chronic pain contributes to declining health and function in older adults; effects that are intensified by obesity and sedentary (sitting) behavior.
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain, Obesity, Sedentary Lifestyle
- Trial name
- NCT03377634
- Testing
- MORPH
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Age-related Cognitive Decline
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Health Education and Exercise
The purpose of this research is to examine the effects of four interventions on age-related cognitive decline in healthy older adults.
- Trial name
- MEDEX (NCT02665481)
- Testing
- MBSR, Exercise, Health Education
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 585 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Diastolic Heart Failure, Heart Failure, Congestive
PIE II: Pharmacological Intervention in the Elderly II
The purpose of this study is to examine whether spironolactone will improve exercise tolerance and quality of life in elderly patients with heart failure preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF).
- Trial name
- NCT00123955
- Testing
- Spironolactone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University
Aging
Sex Differences in Vascular Responses to Exercise
A key early event in cardiovascular disease development is endothelial dysfunction, characterized by impaired flow-mediated dilation.
- Trial name
- NCT04128215
- Testing
- Control Period, Exercise Period
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Alzheimer's Disease
Dose Response Study of Aerobic Exercise in Older Adults
This is a randomized, 26-week study of supervised exercise assessing three doses of exercise in sedentary individuals 65 years of age and over with age-related cognitive changes.
- Trial name
- NCT01129115
- Testing
- Nonexercise control group, Aerobic Exercise Group 1, Aerobic Exercise Group 2
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 101 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jeff Burns, MD
Inactivity, Sedentary Behavior
A Group-Based Walking Study Using WeChat to Enhance Physical Activity Among Older Adults
The aim for the study is to use the function WeRun in the application WeChat to encourage physical activity and social engagement among community dwelling older adults and their family members and friends.
- Trial name
- NCT03803085
- Testing
- Control condition, Treatment condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brandeis 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