Mild Cognitive Impairment, Quality of Life, Physical Fitness
Conditions
Interventions
The 136 participants will be randomized into four groups with 34 people each: (1) only physical activity - FAG
(2) physical activity and cognitive training - PCG
(3) only cognitive training - CTG and (4) control - COG. The participants that will be assigned to one of three training groups (FAG, PCG and CTG) will undertake a program of physical and/or cognitive
Behavioural
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Sponsors
União Brasileira de Educação e Assistência
União Brasileira de Educação e Assistência
Eligibility
Age
60 Years to 100 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Both genders volunteers; aged 60 years and over; independent at activities of daily living; able to walk independently to the location of training and testing; mild cognitive impairment detected by the Addenbrooke Cognitive Examination (2007 revised version).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Severe psychiatric disorder or traumatic brain injury; use of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors; current substance abuse; important communication deficiencies; simultaneous participation in other research studies; regular practice of physical activity (at least once a week in the last three months); physical therapy treatment in the last three months; physical and functional limitations that might prevent the practice of physical activity; conditions that promote disabilities; visual deficits that prevent reading; recurrent vertigo; uncontrolled hypertension.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| An average increase of 1.4 points on the score of the Mini-Mental State Examination when comparing measurements made before and after the six month intervention. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| A 15% mean increase in the score of each of the four domains of WHOQOL-bref in the comparison between the pre- and post-intervention measurements.;A mean increase of 10% in the Berg Balance Scale's total score in the comparison between the pre- and post-intervention measurements.;A 15% mean increase in measurements performed with a Jamar® mechanic dynamometer at the end of the intervention, compared to the values found before the intervention with the same instrument. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactThais Resende
União Brasileira de Educação e Assistência
Outcome results
None listed