Educational Control, Multi-directional Yoga, Standard Yoga
Conditions
Brief summary
Older individuals, 60-90, will be provided regular or cognitively based yoga training. They will then be evaluated using standard cognitive testing devices.
Detailed description
Reductions in executive function are common with age. Along with these declines come reductions in simple functional patterns of daily living such as crossing a street, walking in a crowded area, or performing any functions that occurs in an open (changing) environment. This study will use a newly developed yoga program incorporating multi-directional movements, cognitive challenges and visuomotor disturbances to improve executive function and associated movements in persons over 60 years of age.
Interventions
OTHERStandard Yoga
Yoga using standard poses and linear movements
OTHERMulti-directional Yoga
The multidirectional yoga training program will use both simple and complex movement sequences (asana or postures) that include a cognitive component. For example, participants will be taught a movement sequence that includes 16-20 yoga postures that increase in difficulty as the training progresses.
OTHEREducational Control
Lectures on health and fitness
Sponsors
University of Miami
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Masking description
Tests will not be performed by the investigators providing the interventions..
Intervention model description
Comparison of Yoga Interventions
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
60 Years to 90 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* 60-90 years of age * Capable of walking 50 feet with or without a walking aid-
Exclusion criteria
* Regularly participating in yoga or other balance training program * Currently participating in another exercise study * Unable to commit to study duration * Uncontrolled neuromuscular or cardiovascular disease that prevents participation in an exercise study * Advised not to exercise by their physician
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| NIH Toolbox: Picture Sequence Memory Test | 5 minutes | Measures episodic memory. Participants are asked to reproduce a sequence of pictures that is shown on the screen. |
| NIH Toolbox Flanker test | 5 minutes | Measures attention and inhibitory control. Participant focuses on a given stimulus while inhibiting attention to stimuli flanking it. |
| NIH Toolbox List Sorting test | 5 minutes | Measures working memory. Participant recalls and sequences different visually and orally presented stimuli. |
| NIH Toolbox Pattern Comparison Processing Speed test | 5 minutes | Measures speed of processing. Participants discern whether two side-by-side pictures are the same or not, with 85 seconds to respond to as many items as possible. Items are simple so as to purely measure processing speed. |
| Walking Executive Function Tests | 10 minutes | Walking and responding to visual cues presented on a 60 inch monitor. |
| Timed up-and-go | 5 minutes | Rising from a chair, circumventing a cone and returning to the chair. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed