Train Your Brain Fitness SC Twice-Weekly Moderate Exercise Program for Adults with Mild to Moderate Cognitive Impairments

What this Trial Is About

Researchers are evaluating a twice-weekly, moderate intensity exercise and coaching program for adults with mild to moderate cognitive impairment living in South Carolina. The study aims to determine whether the program is practical, acceptable, and enjoyable, and whether participants show changes in endurance, mobility, cognitive function, and perception of cognition at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months. The study is led by the University of South Carolina and focuses on maintaining or improving cognitive and physical abilities. Participants join either an in-person exercise group in Columbia, SC, or a distance exercise group in Sumter, SC. The in-person group attends twice weekly sessions at a fitness center with real-time coaching and feedback, including endurance, strength, balance, and mobility exercises. The distance group receives personalized exercise plans, attends up to seven initial visits with a fitness trainer, and completes the rest of the exercise sessions independently, logging their activity and intensity with support from coaches via phone, text, or email. Throughout the study, participants wear heart rate monitors and have their exercise sessions tracked for intensity, duration, and adherence. Assessments of cognitive function, endurance, mobility, balance, grip strength, and perception of cognition are conducted at baseline and at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months. The main outcomes include feasibility measures like recruitment and adherence, as well as exploratory measures of cognitive and physical function changes over the year-long study.

Train Your Brain Fitness SC: An Exercise Intervention for People With Cognitive Impairments