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Cognitive-Motor Training for AD/ADRD Prevention
Sponsor: University of Illinois at Chicago
Summary
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD) greatly affect memory and daily activities in older adults. Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) is an early stage of dementia, affecting about 17% of older adults. People with MCI often show problems with gait and balance, which doubles their risk of falling compared to cognitively healthy peers. Falls can cause injuries, increase sedentary behavior, and reduce physical activity. This decline in activity can also speed up the progression from MCI to dementia. Exercise can help older adults make healthy lifestyle changes; however, most of the existing exercise programs focus mainly on physical movement rather than cognitive function. Therefore, the investigators developed a new program that uses computer vision and a cloud-based system to provide more scalable, engaging, and personalized cognitive-motor training for OAwMCI. The purpose of this study is to investigate the short- and long-term effects of a novel CogXergaming training (CXT) paradigm for improving the cognitive-motor function, physical activity, falls efficacy, and quality of life.
Official title: Innovative Cognitive-Motor Training for Prevention of AD/ADRD
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
55 Years - 90 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
46
Start Date
2026-05-01
Completion Date
2027-09-01
Last Updated
2026-03-24
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
Novel CogXergaming Training
In each session, participants will play 6 games in the same order (Fruit catch, Math, Tracking, Candy match, Letter Number Sequencing - LNS, Stroop), each of which contains 10-20 trials and will last for around 10 minutes (total = 60 minutes. The CXT program employs a progressive method to ensure the intensity of CXT remains challenging without overload. If a participant demonstrates ≥80% accuracy in 3 continuous trials for one game, then the exercises for this game will be progressed to the next level (levels: 1-9 in Table 3). Each session of CXT will last approximately 1 hour. At least one day of rest will be required between weekly training sessions.
Exercise and Education Training Program
EEP consists of a conventional exercise program and fall-prevention education. The conventional exercise program comprises 50 minutes of supervised exercises for stretching and strengthening. A fall-prevention education program will also be provided to Group B, for about 10 minutes after each session of the exercise program. Each session of EEP will last approximately 1 hour. At least one day of rest will be required between weekly training sessions.
Locations (1)
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States