Effects of Two Types of Concurrent Training in Functional Performance and Cognitive Function of Older Adults

Effects of Traditional Concurrent Training and Concurrent Training Composed by Strenght Traning and Dance Classes in Functional Performance, Cognitive Function and Quality of Life of Older Adults: a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

The goal of this randomized controlled clinical trial is to identify and compare the impacts of traditional concurrent training and concurrent training consisting of strength training combined with dance classes on functional performance, cognitive function and quality of life in older people. The main question it aims to answer are:

• The concurrent training consisting of strength training combined with dance classes can provide similar benefits to traditional concurrent training in neuromuscular and cardiorrespiratory performance, cognitive function and quality of life in older people?

Participants will training one of the two types of concurrent training (traditional concurrent training or concurrent training consisting of strength training combined with dance classes), two times a week, over 12 weeks.

Researchers will compare traditional concurrent training, concurrent training consisting of strength training combined with dance classes and a control group without exercise to see if this modalitys of physical exercise can provide increases in neuromuscular and cardiorrespiratory performance, cognitive function and quality of life in older people.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Aging
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Concurrent training consisting of strength training combined with dance classes; Behavioral: Traditional concurrent training

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 44
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Brazil
  • Rio Grande Do Sul
    • Porto Alegre, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil, 90690-200
      • Escola de Educação Física, Fisioterapia e Dança - UFRGS

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion criteria:

• Be male or female aged between 65 and 75 years old
• Do not practice regular physical exercises for at least three months
• No history of competitive sports throughout life
• Not having musculoskeletal and neurological diseases or disorders that may influence the performance of the exercises or affect the test results
• Not having health conditions in which physical exercise is contraindicated
• Achieve a score of no less than 24 on the Mini Mental State Exam
• Achieve a score of up to 9.11 on the Baecke Physical Activity Questionnaire.

Exclusion criteria:

• Miss more than 20% of training sessions
• Miss more than three workouts in a row
• Failure to attend any of the evaluations will be excluded from the study.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Traditional concurrent training; The subjects will perform two concurrent training sessions, of approximately one hour per week. Composed of strength exercises and aerobic exercise (walking outdoors and/or treadmill).	Behavioral: Traditional concurrent training; The subjects will perform two sessions per week of traditional concurrent training, consisting of strength training followed by aerobic exercise over 12 weeks, with progressive intensities and training volumes. Each traditional concurrent training session will consist of specific warm-up performed on equipment for upper and lower limbs with a load of less than 30% of the training load. Then the bench press, low row, leg press, extension and knee flexion exercises will be performed. Participants will be instructed to perform the concentric phase of the movement in one second and the eccentric phase in two seconds. After strength training, aerobic training (walking outdoors or on a treadmill) will be performed with intensity based on the adapted BORG effort perception scale (ranged to 0 = minimum effort, to 10 = maximal effort).
Experimental: Concurrent training consisting of strength training combined with dance classes; The subjects will perform two concurrent training sessions associated with dance classes, of approximately one hour per week. Composed of strength exercises and dance classes.	Behavioral: Concurrent training consisting of strength training combined with dance classes; Each concurrent training session associated with dance classes will consist of the same strength training as the traditional concurrent training group, but the traditional aerobic training will be replaced by a dance class. Each dance class will consist of a 5-minute general warm-up with joint mobility exercises and dynamic stretching. Then the main part will be performed with the elaboration of choreography, lasting approximately 20 minutes. Finally, there will be a 5-minute cool-down with stretching exercises. Classes will be held in four different dance modalities, divided into four modules.
No Intervention: Control; Subjects will be instructed to maintain their usual routine during the study period.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in Dynamic balance	Assessed by Timed Up and Go Test	Baseline, 8 and 12 weeks
Change in Cognitive function	Assessed by Mini Exam of Mental State	Baseline, 8 and 12 weeks
Change in Self reported quality of life	Assessed by World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionary, on a scale ranging from 26 to 130. Higher scores are considered better.	Baseline, 8 and 12 weeks
Change in Static Balance	Assessed by One leg Stance Test	Baseline, 8 and 12 weeks
Change in Seat to Stand Capacity	Assessed by 30s Seat to Stand Test	Baseline, 8 and 12 weeks
Change in Stairs Climb Capacity	Assessed by 10 step climb test	Baseline, 8 and 12 weeks
Change in Leg Strenght	Assessed by One repetition maximum knee extension test	Baseline, 8 and 12 weeks
Change in Leg Power	Assessd by 30% and 70% of One repetition maximum knee extension Test	Baseline, 8 and 12 weeks
Change in Hand Grip Strenght	Assessed by Hand Grip Test with Hydraulic Dynamometer	Baseline, 8 and 12 weeks
Change in Cardiorrespiratory Capacity	Assessed by the 6 minutes walk test	Baseline, 8 and 12 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in Quadriceps muscle thickness	Assessed by ultrasound	Baseline and 12 weeks
Change in Affectivity with the intervention	Assessed by Scale (+5 = very good, -5 = very bad)	8 and 12 weeks
Change in Lipid profile	plasma concentrations of total cholesterol, HDL and triglycerides will be determined by the colorimetric method with specific kits in an automatic analyzer (Cobas C111, Roche Diagnostics, Basel, Switzerland).	Baseline and 12 weeks
Change in Specific tension of quadriceps	Calculated by the formula: maximum knee extension strength/quadriceps muscle thickness	Baseline and 12 weeks
Change in depressive symptoms	Measured using the Geriatric Depression Scale, that consists of 15 questions with binary answers (yes/no) and easy to understand. It ranges from zero (absence of depressive symptoms) to fifteen points (maximum score of depressive symptoms).	Baseline and 12 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Eduardo Lusa Cadore

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 22, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 30, 2024
• Study Completion (Actual): August 30, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 24, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 11, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): May 15, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 1, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 31, 2025
• Last Verified: March 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Aging; Functional capacity; Physical activities
• Other Study ID Numbers: uRioGrandeLAPEx

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