Status:
UNKNOWN
Prevention of the Age-Related Cognitive Impairment by Exercise and Mental Activity - Berlin Bleibt Fit
Lead Sponsor:
Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Collaborating Sponsors:
German Research Foundation
Gertrude and Hugo Adler Foundation
Conditions:
Cognition
Mood
Eligibility:
FEMALE
70+ years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
The trial will evaluate the effects of frequent exercise and increased mental activity on the age-related impairment of cognitive function in elderly women. Furthermore, we will assess the effects of ...
Detailed Description
Two-hundred and fifty-two women older than 70 years will be randomize to one of three groups. The first (exercise) will participate at an exercise program three times weekly for 90 minutes. The traini...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All healthy women older than 70 years with sufficient knowledge of German can participate.
Exclusion
- Chronic mental disorders
- Chronic neurological, cardiological, pulmonary or renal diseases.
- Severe osteoarthritis
- Disorders which can be aggravated by exercise (arterial hypertension, coronary heart disease, COLD).
- Cancer in current therapy
- Treatment with glucocorticoids or cytostatic drugs.
- Patients who received an organ transplantation
- Exercise-induced osteoarticular pain
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
252 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00629174
Start Date
June 1 2006
Last Update
March 12 2008
Active Locations (2)
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1
Section Sports Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Berlin, Germany, 12200
2
Department of Psychiatry
Berlin, Germany, 14050