NCT01561820

Mild Cognitive Impairment, Buddy Supported Exercise/ My Buddy Study

Community-based, Buddy-supported Exercise in Patients With MCI: a Pilot Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15 (actual)
• Sponsor: Wake Forest University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a small pilot trial of a 5 month aerobic exercise intervention in participants with MCI (n=20) to begin to compare the effects of randomization to use an exercise buddy or to exercise without an assigned buddy. The investigators hypothesize that participants with MCI who exercise with a buddy will have higher adherence to the protocol and greater improvement in 400 meter walk time.

Detailed description

The overall objective of this pilot study is to determine feasibility and gather data that will inform the design of a larger, multicenter, randomized, controlled trial. Specifically, the investigators aim to: 2.1 Determine the feasibility of recruiting persons with MCI and a buddy for an exercise intervention. \- For MCI participants who do not identify a buddy, the investigators will determine the interest and feasibility of recruiting volunteers from the community to be an exercise buddy. 2.2 Determine the effects of having an exercise buddy on: * adherence to the protocol * 400 meter walk time, an objective measure of improved physical fitness * retention and satisfaction for both participant with MCI and buddy 2.3 Establish a scientific partnership with a community based exercise facility.

Conditions

• Mild Cognitive Impairment
• Cognitive Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	5-month aerobic exercise intervention	The 5-month aerobic exercise intervention is in accordance with the American Heart Association and American College of Sports Medicine physical activity recommendation for optimizing cardiovascular fitness in older adults.Exercise will consist primarily of walking on the treadmill.The goal of the program will be for participants to exercise at a moderate- to high-intensity, defined as 65-80% (ACSM guidelines) of heart rate reserve (HRR), for 30 minutes, 4 days per week.The duration of exercise will progress from 15-20 mins at 50% HRR the 1st week to 30 mins at 65-80% HRR by the end of the 6th week and thereafter.At the start of each session, exercise intensity will be gradually increased to 50% HRR(0.5\[HRmax-HRrest\]+HRrest)during a 10minute warmup period,and then to the individualized target heart rate training zone for the next 25-30 minutes.Participants will wear a digital heart rate monitoring device for the duration of the training session.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-11-01
• Primary completion: 2012-12-01
• Completion: 2012-12-01
• First posted: 2012-03-23
• Last updated: 2019-09-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States