Golf for Healthy Aging

NCT03916887 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: HS-17-00004
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 15
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Aging is associated with physiological declines that could impair the ability to perform activities of daily living and thus impair the quality of life of older adults. Golf is an activity that challenges the balance, flexibility, and muscular systems of the golfer and could have important implications in addressing the physiological declines associated with aging. Golf also challenges the cognition of golfer and is typically performed in groups of 2-4 people; therefore, it could also have important implications for the cognitive and social health of older adults. This research will investigate the effects of an introductory, therapeutic golf program on the physiological, cognitive, and social well-being of older adults. 25 older adults (60-80 years) will participate in a 10-week introductory golf program specifically designed with older adults in mind. The intervention will be led by Professional Golf Association (PGA) professionals with experience in teaching older adults to golf. In order to assess the effectiveness of the intervention, the functional, physiological, and cognitive abilities of the participants will be evaluated as well as the overall well-being before and after the completion of the golf program. We will also examine the inflammatory response changes associated with the golf program. These adaptations will be evaluated through the use of biomechanical analysis, standardized older adult functional tests, validated surveys and questionnaires, validated cognitive assessments, and analyses of markers of inflammation.

Conditions

Exercise Training

Keywords

aging, exercise golf senior intervention

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Gait speed

  change in walking speed

  baseline and after 10 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Strength

  baseline and after 10 weeks

Other Outcomes (2)

• Change in Cognition

  baseline and after 10 weeks

• Change in Balance

  baseline and after 10 weeks

Study Arms (1)

golf training

EXPERIMENTAL

10-week golf training program

Behavioral: Golf instruction

Interventions

Golf instruction BEHAVIORAL

Non-golfers instructed to golf over 10 weeks

golf training

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 60 Years - 80 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Older adult: 60-80 years old
• The ability to stand independently without external support
• No or minimal previous golf experience
• Played \<1 time in the past 6 months
• Played ≤3 times in the past 2 years
• English Speaking

You may not qualify if:

• Dementia and Alzheimers Disease assessed via the Telephone Memory Impairment Screen \[21\]
• Symptomatic cardiovascular disease, active angina, uncontrolled hypertension (SBP\>160 or DBP\>90, high resting pulse HR\>90), symptomatic orthostatic hypotension
• Unstable asthma, exacerbated COPD
• Rheumatoid arthritis, unstable ankle, knee, hip, shoulder or wrist joints
• History of injury or orthopedic operation within the last 6 months
• Movement disorders (Parkinson's disease or other neurological disorders), stroke, hemiparesis or paraparesis
• Peripheral neuropathies, severe vision or hearing problems, or metastatic cancer
• Individuals with vestibular, visual, musculosketelal, orthopedic and/or neurological disorders known to impair balance

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Southern California: lead
• Royal & Ancient Group: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University Southern California

Los Angeles, California, 90089, United States

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Model Details: Pre-post intervention

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 4, 2019
• First Posted: April 16, 2019
• Study Start: May 31, 2018
• Primary Completion: April 26, 2019
• Study Completion: April 26, 2019
• Last Updated: June 25, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)