Intervention Study of Mind-Body Exercises in Frail Institutionalized Elderly - Full Text View

Sponsored by:	Association de Recherche Gerontologique
Information provided by:	Association de Recherche Gerontologique
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00623532

Purpose

Few previous studies have explored the effects of mind body approaches on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in frail elderly. Cognition and action are an inseparable whole while functioning, a new intervention based approach using familiarity based movements and non judgmental approach was labeled "cognition-action". We aimed to explore the effects of two different mind-body exercise types on (HRQoL) in frail institutionalized elderly.

Our main hypothesis is that adaptated intervention in frail institutionalized elderly can improve HRQol.

Condition	Intervention
Aging Frailty	Behavioral: Mind-body exercises Behavioral: Movement Therapy

MedlinePlus related topics: Exercise and Physical Fitness

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Prevention, Randomized, Single Blind (Subject), Placebo Control, Factorial Assignment
Official Title:	Study of Mind-Body Exercises in Frail Institutionalized Elderly

Further study details as provided by Association de Recherche Gerontologique:

Primary Outcome Measures:

MOS SF-12 [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Timed Up and Go test

Enrollment:	160
Study Start Date:	May 2006
Study Completion Date:	February 2008

Arms	Assigned Interventions
CA: Experimental Cognition and action are an inseparable whole while functioning, a new intervention based approach using familiarity based movements and non judgmental approach was labeled "cognition-action".	Behavioral: Mind-body exercises
MT: Active Comparator Movement therapy is based on Tai Chi like movements	Behavioral: Movement Therapy
C: No Intervention Control

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	65 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Aged 65 and older
institutionalized
ability to get up alone or with technical or human help if necessary and ability to understand basic motor commands
have signed and gave their consent

Exclusion Criteria:

Terminally ill and bedridden patients
unable to sign the consent
have participated in a study in the past 3 month

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00623532

Locations

France, Gironde
Hopital Xavier Arnozan, CHU de Bordeaux
Bordeaux, Gironde, France, 33604

Sponsors and Collaborators

Association de Recherche Gerontologique

More Information

Responsible Party:	Pole of Gerontology-CHU of Bordeaux/ CNRS 5536 University V Segalent Bordeaux 2 ( Isabelle Bourdel-Marchasson/ Professor (MD-PhD) )
Study ID Numbers:	AGR-2006-01-Etude MARGE
Study First Received:	February 15, 2008
Last Updated:	February 15, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00623532
Health Authority:	France: Direction Générale de la Santé; France: French Data Protection Authority; France: Institutional Ethical Committee

Keywords provided by Association de Recherche Gerontologique:

Tertiary prevention of aging

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009