NCT06364189

Inspiring Seniors Toward Exercise Promotion

Unraveling the Mechanisms of a Novel Music Intervention for Physical Activity Promotion in Older Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 54 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Greensboro · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the benefits of beat-accented music stimulation (BMS) for behavioral changes of physical activity (PA) in older adults. Specific Aims are to determine (1) whether BMS beneficially influences PA behaviors and psychological responses to PA in older adults for 6 months, and (2) whether exercising with BMS differently influences physical and cognitive functioning as well as quality of life in older adults. To test the effects of BMS on PA, participants will be randomly assigned to an exercise intervention that either includes BMS or does not include BMS. Participants will attend a supervised group strength training (ST) (30 min/day) and aerobic exercise (AE) (30-50 min/day) session for 3 days/week for the first 2 months, 1 day/week for the next 2 months (while encouraging participants to independently perform both AE and ST on other days), and independently for the final 2 months (always with a goal of performing \>150min/week AE and 3 days/week of ST for 30 min/day.

Conditions

• Cognitively Normal Older Adults

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Music	Individualized play lists of music with the beats accentuated will be developed at a range of cadences. The music intervention is such that during strength training participants will be asked to sync their concentric and eccentric muscle contractions in time with the tempo of playlists. For aerobic exercise (AE), the tempo of playlists will be adjusted to match individual walking cadence for participants to be trained to walk in sync with the beats of the playlists.
BEHAVIORAL	Exercise	The ST incorporates single-leg exercises for balance training and training with resistance bands and body weight. For aerobic exercise (AE), participants will be instructed to walk at moderate intensity with duration increasing up to an ultimate goal of 150 min/week.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-05-15
• Primary completion: 2025-08-31
• Completion: 2025-08-31
• First posted: 2024-04-15
• Last updated: 2025-12-08

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States