High Speed Circuit Training and Cognition

NCT ID: NCT04022707

Last Updated: 2020-05-18

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 30 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2019-08-01
• Study Completion Date: 2020-04-30

Brief Summary

The purpose of this research study is to see if a weight training program can make a positive change in participant fitness as measured by the ability to use oxygen and help the participant remember things.

Detailed Description

The purpose of this research study is to see if a weight training program can make a positive change in cardiac fitness, that is a person's ability to use oxygen; and, if the program can help a person's memory, as measured by some standard tests. The researchers will also ask the participant to attend two sessions with researchers at the Bascom-Palmer Eye Institute so they can take pictures of the participants' eyes to see how training changes the number of blood vessels. This can be used by doctors and other clinicians to evaluate improvements blood flow to the brain due to training.

Conditions

Educational Control; Resistance Training

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

High-Velocity Resistance Circuttraining (HVRCT)

The participants will perform three circuits of 11 exercises that target the upper and lower body. Training will gradually increase over the first three weeks from 1 to 3 circuits.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

High-speed circuit resistance training

Intervention Type: OTHER

The program will include three circuits of 11 exercises that target the upper and lower body. Training will gradually increase over the first three week from 1 to 3 circuits.

Educational control

Intervention Type: OTHER

Lectures on health and fitness

Educational Control (CON)

A supervised program will be provided to the participants that includes lectures on health and fitness.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

High-speed circuit resistance training

Intervention Type: OTHER

The program will include three circuits of 11 exercises that target the upper and lower body. Training will gradually increase over the first three week from 1 to 3 circuits.

Educational control

Intervention Type: OTHER

Lectures on health and fitness

Interventions

High-speed circuit resistance training

The program will include three circuits of 11 exercises that target the upper and lower body. Training will gradually increase over the first three week from 1 to 3 circuits.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Educational control

Lectures on health and fitness

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

High-velocity circuit training; Control

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Men and women between 60 and 85 years of age (inclusive)

2. Ability to provide informed consent

3. No medical contraindication to participation in an exercise program including unstable or active untreated major medical illness (i.e., cardiovascular disease, neurological or neuromuscular diseases, stroke, cancer, etc.).

Exclusion Criteria

1. Existing muscle-skeletal injury

2. Mini-mental score <18

3. Enrolled in another exercise program

4. Unstable or active major medical illness

5. Answer "Yes" to any questions on the Elder PAR-Q

6. Pregnancy

• Minimum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 85 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of Miami

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Joseph Signorile

Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Joseph Signorile, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Miami

Locations

Max Orovitz Laboratories

Coral Gables, Florida, United States

Laboratory of Neruomuscular Research and Active Aging

Coral Gables, Florida, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

20190518

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id