Efficiency of New Technologies in the Aging Process

NCT04615897 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: MLugo - USeville
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 46
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

This study tries to analyze the effectiveness of the application of the new technology in the maintenance of an active time. To do this, the investigators performed a laboratory test where they evaluated the physical and cognitive variables before and after the intervention and analyzed the improvement in the psychocognitive abilities in the experimental group and the use of physical and cognitive functions in the control group.

Conditions

Aging

Keywords

gait; attention; memory

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Attention

  This variable is obtained by performing two tests designed to quantify this cognitive function, using the E-prime computer program. Both tests are developed in the psychophysiology laboratory of the University of Seville. The first is to complete the "Test Oddball" and the second the "Attention Network Test-ELDERLY". Both tests measure the reaction times, in seconds and, the precision, in percentages. It involves two continuous quantitative measurements.

  At the start and the end of the study (65 days)

• Memory

  This variable is obtained from the score obtained in the scale called Miniexamen Cognitive (MEC), in which the subject must: respond to a series of questions that we perform related to the orientation, try to set a series of three words that the evaluator says to remember them later, develop a series of calculations, and work on a series of aspects related to language and its construction. At the end of the test, the subject obtains a score that determines the presence or absence of a cognitive problem. We consider it as a discrete quantitative variable.

  At the start and the end of the study (65 days)

• Balance

  This variable is studied using the Berg scale, which allows to quantify the balance of the subject in different positions, obtaining a global score that guides us on the general state of the balance function and guides us on a wheelchair dependence, the use of some technical help or total independence for the development of the march. We consider it as a discrete quantitative variable

  At the start and the end of the study (65 days)

• Gait

  This variable is configured by the application of the "Timed up and Go test" scale, which quantifies the time the subject takes to get up from a chair, walk 3 meters and return back to the starting position. We consider this variable as continuous quantitative

  At the start and the end of the study (65 days)

• Global autonomy and risk of falls

  This variable is analyzed through the application of the Tinetti Scale, which evaluates in a single instrument the function of balance and gait, as well as the risk of falls that elderly people present. In this sense, we can consider that it evaluates global autonomy. We consider this variable as discrete quantitative.

  At the start and the end of the study (65 days)

Study Arms (2)

Experimental aging

EXPERIMENTAL

The subjects received 16 sessions (Two per week) of exercise with new tecnology between two measurements of the variable.

Procedure: new tecnology intervention

Control Aging

NO INTERVENTION

The subjects doesn´t received 16 sessions (Two per week) of exercise with new tecnology between two measurements of the variable.

Interventions

new tecnology intervention PROCEDURE

The intervention consists of 16 sessions, performed with a frequency of twice a week, the final evaluation was made within three days after the end of the last treatment session. It is used for the motor task, the "Fishing Under Zero" exercise, included within the "balance" modality and the so-called "Step Plus" located in the aerobic exercise folder. Each subject carried out the training taking into account the following methodology: 3 cycles of the "Fishing under zero" exercise, one cycle of the "Step Plus" exercise and 3 cycles of the "Fishing under zero" exercise, the approximate duration of the task being about 30 minutes.

Experimental aging

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Be 60 years old or older.
• Have compensated the auditory or visual deficits that could suffer
• Absence of musculoskeletal problems that hinder functionality

You may not qualify if:

• Presents cognitive impairment
• Obtain values in the Geriatric Depression Scale\> 9.
• Presenten pathologies where the development of a motor task is counterproductive
• Sleep less than 6 hours a day

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Seville: lead

Study Officials

• Benitez Lugo, PhD

  University of Seville

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 6, 2018
• First Posted: November 4, 2020
• Study Start: March 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2013
• Study Completion: January 1, 2014
• Last Updated: November 4, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share