NCT05395676

Cognitive Exergame Training on Dual-Task Cost and Balance Stability in Older Adults

The Effect of Cognitive Exergame Training on Dual-Task Cost and Balance Stability of the Individuals Between 65 and 85 Years

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Loughborough University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Balance stability requires both motor and cognitive (mental) functions working together. Balance stability may decrease when performing two tasks at the same time (dual task), as cognitive and motor tasks compete for performing a higher task. Meanwhile, social distance and remote working become a necessity due to Covid-19. The primary aim is to evaluate the feasibility of cognitive exergame training in reducing dual-task costs and improve the balance performance among individuals between 65 and 85 years. The secondary aim is to observe the effectiveness of virtual home exercise on adherence and interactive rate of the population between 65 and 85 years.

Conditions

• Older People

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Exergame home training programme	Each training programme (Xbox or Wii Fit) is aimed at improving the following issues: improper weight shifting and reduced dual tasking. The participants will be guided in the first sessions to familiarize themselves with the exercises. Then, they will be allowed to exercise independently at home. Allowing enough practice time before collecting data helps minimize practice effects. practice effects are confounding factors that can affect the results and make it difficult to identify whether the improvement in outcome is due to the training or not. The duration of the training programme will be approximately 30 minutes. Each game will be played three times (the duration for each game is approximately one minute).

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-04-11
• Primary completion: 2023-09-30
• Completion: 2023-09-30
• First posted: 2022-05-27
• Last updated: 2022-05-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom