Geriatrics related conditions of independently living and community dwelling in the elderly Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
Participants follow an eight week guided training intervention. Training sessions take place three times per week for thirty minutes. Participants are randomly allocated to two training groups with di
Sponsors
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) (Switzerland)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged over 65 years 2. Signed informed consent statement 3. Healthy (self-reported) 4. Independently living or community dwelling
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Mobility or cognitive impairments (Mini Mental State examination below 22) 2. Rapidly progressive or terminal illness, acute illness or chronic illness 3. Alzheimer’s disease, dementia or recent head injury
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| All measures are assessed pre-intervention and after 8 weeks of training: 1. Headcoach™ Pocket EEG measures prefrontal alpha-activity during cognitive test performance 1.1. Event-related potential (ERP) elicited by events of interest 2. Headcoach™ Pocket EEG measures prefrontal alpha-activity during gait performance 2.1. Alpha peak frequency 2.1.1. Preferred walking 2.1.2. Dual task walking at preferred speed 2.1.3. Fast walking 2.1.4. Dual task walking at fast speed | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| All measures are assessed pre-intervention and after 8 weeks of training. 3. Test for attentional performance (TAP) (reaction time and false response rate) 3.1 Working memory 3.2 Flexibility 3.3 Divided attention 3.4 Go/No-go 4. Temporal (time) and spatial (distance) gait parameters using Gaitup (Movement analysis and measurement) 4.1. Preferred walking 4.2. Dual task walking at preferred speed 4.3. Fast walking 4.4. Dual task walking at fast speed 5. Fear of falling: The Icon Fall Efficacy Scale (Icon-FES) measure “concern” about falling through the combination of pictures and matching short phases. The scale asses both easy and difficult activities and social activities containing 30 items with a 4-point scale (1 = not at all concerned, 2 = somewhat concerned, 3 = fairly concerned, 4 = very concerned). 6. Mini Mental Status (MMS) is a reliable and valid experiment to quantitative estimate the severity of cognitive impairment 7. Geriatric depression scale (GDS) is used to record symptoms of depression. The German version has a good validity and reliability. | — |
Countries
Switzerland
Outcome results
None listed