The Effect of Age, Physical Fitness and a Single Bout of Aerobic Exercise on Motor and Cognitive Functions

November 21, 2018 updated by: Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
The proposed study is intended to examine the connection between two types of inhibition - cognitive and motor and the connection between motor inhibitory functions and a single bout of physical exercise in the context of age and physical fitness.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

120

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Israel
      • Hadera, Israel
        • Hille Yaffe Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

22 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Non-smokers
  • Do not take psychiatric drugs on a regular basis
  • Geriatric Depression Scale score less than 3
  • Mini-Mental State Examination score higher than 27
  • Healthy and able to exercise at medium intensity

Exclusion Criteria:

  • All others

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Highly fit older adults - Exercise
This will receive an aerobic exercise intervention
Behavioral: Aerobic Exercise
Medium-intense 60% heart rate reserve (HRR) aerobic exercise on a treadmill for 30 minutes
Active Comparator: Poorly fit older adults - Exercise
This arm will receive an aerobic exercise intervention
Behavioral: Aerobic Exercise
Medium-intense 60% heart rate reserve (HRR) aerobic exercise on a treadmill for 30 minutes
Active Comparator: Highly fit young adults - Exercise
This arm will receive an aerobic exercise intervention
Behavioral: Aerobic Exercise
Medium-intense 60% heart rate reserve (HRR) aerobic exercise on a treadmill for 30 minutes
Active Comparator: Poorly fit young adults - Exercise
This arm will receive an aerobic exercise intervention
Behavioral: Aerobic Exercise
Medium-intense 60% heart rate reserve (HRR) aerobic exercise on a treadmill for 30 minutes
Active Comparator: Highly fit older adults - TV
This arm will sit at rest and watch television
Behavioral: Watching television
Sitting and watching television for 30 minutes
Active Comparator: Poorly fit older adults - TV
This arm will sit at rest and watch television
Behavioral: Watching television
Sitting and watching television for 30 minutes
Active Comparator: Highly fit young adults - TV
This arm will sit at rest and watch television
Behavioral: Watching television
Sitting and watching television for 30 minutes
Active Comparator: Poorly fit young adults - TV
This arm will sit at rest and watch television
Behavioral: Watching television
Sitting and watching television for 30 minutes

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Improvement in cognitive functions after exercise
Time Frame: One and a half hours
This improvement will be measured through use of a vocal stroop test
One and a half hours
Improvement in motor functions after exercise
Time Frame: One and a half hours
This improvement will be measured through use of a multi-limb reaction time test
One and a half hours

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Investigators

  • Study Director: Yael Netz, PhD, Wingate Academic Institute

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Anticipated)

December 1, 2018

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

December 1, 2020

Study Completion (Anticipated)

December 1, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 21, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 21, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

November 23, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

November 23, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 21, 2018

Last Verified

November 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • HYMC-0065-18

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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