Clinical trials: Aerobic Exercise
Cognitive Performance, Brain Structure
Rhythm Experience and Africana Culture Trial
REACT is a randomized intervention to examine the benefits of African Dance as a method to increase physical activity behaviors in older adults.
- Trial name
- REACT (NCT03771716)
- Testing
- African Dance, African Cultural Immersion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 151 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Neurobiological and Psychological Benefits of Exercise in Chronic Pain and PTSD
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are creating a new generation of Veterans, including an increasing number of women Veterans, who present with comorbid PTSD and chronic pain conditions from recent deployment-related physical…
- Conditions
- Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Mild or Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trial name
- EXCPPTSD (NCT03283163)
- Testing
- Exercise Testing and Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
HIV Infection
Functional Interval Training for Veterans Exercising Through Telehealth.
Most Veterans living with HIV are 50 years of age or older and can expect to live more than 20 years longer with HIV medication.
- Trial name
- FIT-VET (NCT04103593)
- Testing
- exercise training
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 89 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Stroke
Exercise-primed Upper Extremity Motor Practice in Chronic Stroke
The purpose of this project is to establish initial feasibility and tolerability of a combined aerobic exercise (AEx) and upper extremity motor practice intervention on upper extremity (UE) function in chronic stroke survivors.
- Trial name
- PUMP-Ex (NCT04259424)
- Testing
- Aerobic Exercise + Duck Duck Punch
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Obesity, Weight Loss
Empowered With Movement to Prevent Obesity and Weight Regain
This study will help determine the appropriate type, amount and intensity of physical activity most beneficial for preventing weight regain after weight loss in older adults.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Weight Loss, Sedentary Lifestyle
- Trial name
- EMPOWER (NCT02923674)
- Testing
- Weight loss, Exercise, Sitless
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 183 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Type2 Diabetes, Depression
Program ACTIVE II: Behavioral Depression Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes
Program ACTIVE II is a depression treatment study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, Indiana University, Ohio University and West Virginia University.
- Trial name
- NCT03371940
- Testing
- Program ACTIVE Exercise, Program ACTIVE CBT, Program ACTIVE
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 140 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Spinal Cord Injuries, Spinal Cord Diseases
Feasibility of HIIT in Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is debilitating to an individual's health, functional capacity and quality of life. This contributes to a sedentary lifestyle and an elevated risk for cardiometabolic and hypokinetic diseases.
- Trial name
- HIIT-SCI (NCT03152110)
- Testing
- HIIT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Depressive Disorder
Levodopa and Exercise for Older Adults With Depression and Psychomotor Slowing
In this new research study, 80 adults aged > 60 years with a significant depressive disorder and slowed processing and/or gait speed will be randomized to receive levodopa (L-DOPA; which the Candidate has previously shown to…
- Trial name
- NCT04650217
- Testing
- Carbidopa/levodopa, Exercise training, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Alzheimer's Disease, Aging
aeRobic Exercise and Cognitive Health
The purpose of the aeRobic Exercise and Cognitive Health (REACH) study is to understand how an aerobic exercise intervention might help promote brain health and cognition, thereby delaying the onset of clinical symptoms of…
- Trial name
- REACH (NCT02384993)
- Testing
- Enhanced Physical Activity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Stroke
Exercise and Brain Stimulation for Post-stroke Depression
This project will assess the effects of aerobic exercise training (AET), repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) or their combination on depressive severity as well as locomotor function in persons with post-stroke…
- Trial name
- NCT03056287
- Testing
- Aerobic exercise, Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment
mSIM: Mobile Simultaneous Aerobic Exercise and Memory Training Intervention for Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment
The mSIM study involves developing and conducting feasibility testing of a web-based application that will deliver mobile-based simultaneous exercise and memory skills training program (mSIM) for amnesic Mild Cognitive Impairment…
- Trial name
- mSIM (NCT04185298)
- Testing
- mSIM intervention plus activity monitoring, Activity monitoring
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Jennifer Bramen
Weight Loss, Starvation
Effect of Caloric Restriction and Protein Intake on Metabolism and Anabolic Sensitivity
The purpose of this study is to determine if an increased protein intake can attenuate the suppression of metabolic and anabolic hormones during caloric restriction
- Trial name
- NCT02945410
- Testing
- Caloric Restriction, Protein, Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska Lincoln
Cerebellar Ataxia
Training in Ataxia - Individuals With Degenerative Cerebellar Diseases
Balance and aerobic training show promise as treatments for degenerative cerebellar diseases, but the neural effects of both training methods are unknown.
- Trial name
- NCT05002218
- Testing
- Aerobic Training, Balance Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Hypertension, Aging
ACES - ACE Inhibitors Combined With Exercise for Seniors With Hypertension
The purpose of this project is to conduct a randomized, controlled trial (RCT) to determine if choice of antihypertensive medication influences changes in functional status and other cardiovascular risk factors among older…
- Conditions
- Hypertension, Aging, Sedentary Lifestyle
- Trial name
- ACES (NCT03295734)
- Testing
- Aerobic exercise, Perindopril, Losartan
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 223 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
HIV
Exercise Training to Improve Brain Health in Older HIV+ Individuals
Management and treatment of older persons living with HIV (PLWH) (≥ 40 years old) is becoming increasingly more complex as a majority is greater than 40 years old.
- Trial name
- Ex/HIV (NCT02663934)
- Testing
- Exercise, Stretching and Social Interaction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Immune System Diseases, Oxidative Stress
The Effect of Different Volumes of Physical Exercise on the Immune System
The investigators will do an intervention on four groups of previously sedentary post-menopausal women which consists: group 1 - 30 minutes per day of physical protocol; group 2 - 50 minutes per day of physical protocol; group 3…
- Trial name
- ProAFIM (NCT02331446)
- Testing
- Physical exercise intervention
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Pelotas
Cardiovascular Diseases
Exercise, Brain, and Cardiovascular Health
eBACH is a randomized intervention to determine the effects of aerobic exercise on brain structure and function, as well as to determine how exercise-induced training effects relate to cardiovascular function via related brain…
- Trial name
- eBACH (NCT03841669)
- Testing
- Aerobic Exercise Group, Physical Activity & Health Information Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 130 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Metabolic Diseases
Brown Adipose Tissue as a Therapeutic for the Metabolic and Cardiac Dysfunction With Senescence (BATSR)
The goal of this study is to define the effect of aging on brown adipose tissue mass in a cohort of older sedentary and older athlete adults.
- Trial name
- BATSR (NCT04168580)
- Testing
- Exercise Training Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- AdventHealth Translational Research Institute
Stroke
Robotic Pedaling Therapy for Targeted Neural Plasticity
The aim of this Pilot study is to determine whether robotically targeted lower-limb pedaling therapy can increase the extent of stroke recovery on behavioral measures and induce brain plasticity as measured by functional magnetic…
- Trial name
- NCT03300258
- Testing
- Robotic therapy, Aerobic therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Healthy, Dementia
Physical Activity, Alzheimer's Disease and Cognition Relative to APOE Genotype
Physical activity and Alzheimer's disease (PAAD-2) is a randomized control trial that will assess the effects of exercise on middle-aged (40-65 years) cognitively normal adults who have a heightened risk of Alzheimer's disease…
- Conditions
- Healthy, Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Physical Activity
- Trial name
- PAAD-2 (NCT03876314)
- Testing
- Physical Activity Condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Greensboro