ABLE (Arts-Based Exercise Enhancing LongEvity)

NCT03675490 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: ABLEPILOT
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 25
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Older adults who are referred to home care physiotherapy often only get to see the physiotherapist three to five times and are expected to continue exercising on their own. We have developed an interactive technology called ABLE that helps older adults do exercise in their homes by making it fun and interactive. We want to see if we can help 25 older adults to exercise with ABLE for three months and if exercising with ABLE for three months changes older adults' strength and balance. A physiotherapist will visit the older adults three times in their homes and show them how to use ABLE and which exercises to do. We will measure older adults' strength and balance before and after using the program and ask them and their family members for feedback about using ABLE. The results of our study will help us decide if we can do a bigger study to test the effect of using ABLE in a larger group of older adults, and to see what effect ABLE might have on strength and balance. The study will also help us incorporate feedback from the older adults and their families to improve ABLE for the next study.

Conditions

Aging; Fall; Muscle Weakness; Mobility Limitation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Recruitment

  The number of participants recruited over one year.

  One year

• Retention

  The number of participants who complete visit 4.

  Three months

• Adherence

  The number of days per week that participants complete the home exercise program.

  Three months

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB)

  Three months

• Balance Outcome Measure for Elder Rehabilitation (BOOMER)

  Three months

• International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)

  Three months

• Self-reported falls as reported in daily diary

  Three months

• Participant feedback

  Three months

Study Arms (1)

Exercise

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will engage in a physiotherapist-prescribed home exercise program with ABLE, the interactive technology. The exercises that will be prescribed are designed to improve functional mobility via challenging lower extremity strength and balance in a multicomponent exercise program. The difficulty of each exercise will be chosen at the discretion of the physiotherapist based on the participants' performance on the baseline assessments. The exercises will be prescribed at a moderate intensity (moderate balance challenge, 8-12 repetitions for strength exercises with the last few repetitions being challenging) and will be progressed over the study duration to ensure they remain a moderate challenge.

Behavioral: ABLE - exercise with interactive technology

Interventions

ABLE - exercise with interactive technology BEHAVIORAL

Multicomponent exercise with interactive technology - consists of wearable sensors and a screen displaying interaction. When the person does the exercises it produces an arts-based response on the screen (e.g., digital painting).,

Exercise

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• able to stand and walk independently with or without an assistive aid (e.g., walker, cane)
• may have a diagnosis of dementia or cognitive impairment (MoCA \< 25, MMSE \<24, Mini-Cog \<3) if they have caregiver willing to assist with exercises and consent

You may not qualify if:

• have a diagnosis of dementia or cognitive impairment (MoCA \< 25, MMSE \<24, Mini-Cog \<3) and have no family member to assist with exercises and consent
• documented absolute contraindications to exercise

Sponsors & Collaborators

• McMaster University: lead
• McMaster Institute for Research on Aging: collaborator
• Physiotherapy Foundation of Canada: collaborator

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Muscle Weakness; Mobility Limitation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Muscular Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Neuromuscular Manifestations; Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Alexandra Papaioannou, MD, MSc

  McMaster University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Caitlin M McArthur, PhD, MScPT

CONTACT

905-521-2100; mcarthurc@hhsc.ca

Jessica Belgrave Sookhoo, BSc

CONTACT

905-521-2100; belgravej@hhsc.ca

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: pre-post pilot feasibility

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 13, 2018
• First Posted: September 18, 2018
• Study Start: October 1, 2018
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2019
• Study Completion: January 1, 2020
• Last Updated: September 18, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-09