NCT04120792

The Aerobic and Cognitive Training System

The Aerobic and Cognitive Training System to Improve Cognition

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 74 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Arizona · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years – 74 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study will determine the effects of simultaneous exercise and cognitive training on cognitive function in healthy older adults. Specifically, this study will compare the use of a tablet-based cognitive training system while exercising with exercise alone, cognitive training alone, and a neutral control condition on cognition.

Conditions

• Healthy Aging

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Simultaneous exercise and cognitive training	Participants in this arm will engage in a 12-week intervention that combines physical exercise and cognitive tablet-based training. This intervention involves use of an exercise bicycle while engaging in cognitive tasks on a tablet computer three times per week.
BEHAVIORAL	Exercise training	Participants in this arm will engage in a 12-week exercise intervention that involves use of an exercise bicycle three times per week.
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive Training	Participants in this arm will engage in a 12-week intervention that involves cognitive tablet-based training three times per week.
BEHAVIORAL	Neutral video	Participants in this arm will engage in a 12-week intervention that involves watching neutral videos on a tablet computer three times per week.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-05-01
• Primary completion: 2017-11-20
• Completion: 2017-11-20
• First posted: 2019-10-09
• Last updated: 2019-10-09