Group Recreation to Enhance Function Aging

NCT07050589 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 00008757
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 80
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Investigators will develop and deliver a community-based recreation program, delivering group artmaking and group SMARTfit dual-task exergaming to community-dwelling older adults. The program will be delivered through the Buffalo-Niagara YMCA. Outcomes of interest are change in cognitive function and change in physical functioning, inresponse to 24 weeks of weekly training.

Conditions

Physical Functioning; Cognitive Functioning

Keywords

walking; balance; strength; attention; memory; interference inhibition; dual-task; artmaking; exergaming

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Cognitive Function: Attention

  Change in performance on the Trail-Making Test

  From enrollment to week 8 and then week 16

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Balance

  From enrollment to week 8 and then week 16

• Dual-Task Performance

  From enrollment to week 8 and then week 16

• Cognitive Function: Interference Inhibition

  baseline to week 8, through week 16

Study Arms (2)

Program

EXPERIMENTAL

Program participants will receive the recreation-based program.

Behavioral: Exercise and art

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Control participants will receive no recreation-based program.

Interventions

Exercise and art BEHAVIORAL

Weekly SMARTfit dual-task exergaming and group art-making

Program

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• \> = 60 years of age
• have no more than MCI (MoCA score ≥ 24 points)
• have no contraindications to exercise, guided by the American College of Sports Medicine
• fluent in English

You may not qualify if:

• have a condition that would prevent safe participation in the exercise, as determined by the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire for Older Adults (PAR-OA);
• have severe neurological disease
• have severe psychiatric illness
• have a likelihood of withdrawing from the study due to severe illness or a life expectancy of \< 6 mo
• have experienced a lower or upper limb amputation
• have greater than mild cognitive impairment (MoCA score \< 24 points).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• State University of New York at Buffalo: lead

Study Sites (1)

Buffalo-Niagara YMCA

Buffalo, New York, 14223, United States

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Exercise; Reproductive Techniques, Assisted

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena; Reproductive Techniques; Therapeutics; Investigative Techniques

Central Study Contacts

Nikhil Satchidanand, PhD Exercise Physiology

CONTACT

17168162884; ns1@buffalo.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 8, 2025
• First Posted: July 3, 2025
• Study Start: September 15, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): July 11, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): July 15, 2026
• Last Updated: March 16, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL
• Time Frame: 06/15/2026 - 05/14/2027
• Access Criteria: Access to IPD can be requested by qualified researchers engaging in independent scientific research and will be provided following review and approval of a research proposal and Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP) and execution of a Data Sharing Agreement (DSA).

Locations

US (1)