NCT05309278

Remote Physical and Cognitive Training Effects in Older Adults at Increased Risk of Clinical-functional Vulnerability

Effects of a Remote Physical Training Program Combined With Cognitive Training in Older Adults at Increased Risk of Clinical-functional Vulnerability: a Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 26 (actual)
• Sponsor: Federal University of Pelotas · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study is a randomized, single-blind, parallel, controlled, superiority trial. The main objective is to verify the chronic effects of a remote 12-week low-intensity physical training program alone or in combination with cognitive training on functional, cognitive, and occupational capacity, as well as on the self-reported quality of life.

Detailed description

Participants over 60 years of age at increased risk of clinical-functional vulnerability will be recruited in the city of Pelotas/RS, Brazil and randomized to two different arms. The intervention group will receive low-intensity physical training combined with a cognitive training program using neurobic exercises, whereas the active comparator group will only receive the low-intensity physical training program. Participants from both groups will perform their training sessions remotely for a total of 12 weeks. Outcomes of interest include handgrip strength, functional and cognitive capacity, occupational performance, clinical-functional vulnerability level, self-reported quality of life, and depressive symptoms, which will be assessed in a pre-post fashion. The study hypothesis is that remote low-intensity physical training combined with cognitive training will result in additional benefits to those of low-intensity physical training alone in the physical and cognitive capacity outcomes, and as a consequence, improved quality of life, occupational performance, decreased level of clinical-functional vulnerability and symptoms of depression will be observed.

Conditions

• Aging
• Functional Status

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Physical training	Older adults assigned to this group will undergo two weekly sessions of remote and supervised physical training at home for 1 hour on non-consecutive days. All synchronous meetings will be held on Google Meet, and supervisors will undergo training to standardize their procedures
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive training	These participants will also perform a weekly remote and supervised cognitive training session with neurobic exercises for 1 hour. In addition to the supervised cognitive training session, participants will also be prescribed asynchronous neurobic exercises to be performed on the remaining days of the week (without supervision). The intervention will last for 12 weeks, and all asynchronous neurobic exercises will be recorded in the following synchronous sessions by the supervisor. All synchronous meetings will be held on Google Meet, and supervisors will undergo training to standardize their procedures

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-07-26
• Primary completion: 2022-12-31
• Completion: 2022-12-31
• First posted: 2022-04-04
• Last updated: 2025-08-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil