Increasing Movement and Exercise in Geriatric Patients Through Large-Scaled Creative Occupation Interventions

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare two different types of activities in improving physical fitness in older adults. The main question it aims to answer is whether a person completing a large-scaled art project has similar physical improvements as a person completing a more traditional exercise program.

Participants will be asked to either stand for up to an hour while completing a painting across a large canvas or stand for up to an hour while doing body weight exercises. Researchers will compare the painting group to the exercise group to see if physical improvements are the same or different.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Physical Fitness in Older Adults
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Occupation-based activity; Behavioral: Body-Weight Exercise

Detailed Description

The purpose of this study is to determine whether large-scaled creative occupations, such as painting large paintings, would be equally, if not more beneficial than traditional exercise for older adults. Painting on large mural-sized paintings will simulate the participation of endurance heavy, physically demanding tasks. This is because to complete the task, participants will be required to reach to cover the canvas, stand for extended periods of time, and perform repetitive movements. It is hypothesized that this activity will increase active range of motion, strength, endurance, balance, as well as motivation to participate in physical activity by providing a more enjoyable, alternative form of exercise.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 14
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Alabama
    • Citronelle, Alabama, United States, 36522
      • Crowne Health Services

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 65 years and older (Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Exclusion Criteria:

• Individuals unable to stand with minimal support

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Occupational Arm	Behavioral: Occupation-based activity; Painting large-scale canvas
Active Comparator: Traditional Exercise Arm	Behavioral: Body-Weight Exercise; Body-weight exercises designed for older adults

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Upper extremity active range of motion	Degrees goniometry	10 weeks
Upper and lower extremity strength	Manual muscle test	10 weeks
Standing balance	Functional reach test	10 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Self-motivation	Questionnaire	10 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 17, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): November 27, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 24, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 24, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): April 6, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 28, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 27, 2023
• Last Verified: November 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: IRB-300010109

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