Concurrent Aerobic Exercise and Cognitive Training to Prevent Alzheimer's in At-risk Older Adults (The Exergames Telerehabilitation Study)

NARecruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

104

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

August 14, 2024

Primary Completion Date

September 30, 2026

Study Completion Date

September 30, 2026

Conditions
At Risk for AD-dementia, With Subjective Cognitive Decline
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

HbAEx

Participants will have a 1-week (3 session) on-boarding period where study interventionists will deliver all necessary equipment (bike, pulse oximeters, etc.) to the participants' home, review the AEx program and prescription, and supervise the first 3 sessions to ensure participant understanding and fidelity of the AEx program. Thereafter, the remaining 33 sessions will be conducted by the participant without the direct supervision (asynchronous telerehabilitation) of the study interventionists. Subjects will cycle on recumbent stationary cycles at moderate-vigorous intensity individualized as 50-70% of heart rate reserve (HRR) and/or 11-14 on Borg Category Ratio-15 Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) Scale, for 30-50 minutes per session. Following the completion of each session, during the check-in meeting with the participant, the study interventionist will gather information from the participant (including HR and RPE) for dose quantification.

BEHAVIORAL

HbExergame

Participants will cycle as described in the HbAEx protocol while engaging in cognitive training for the duration of cycling. Cognitive training will include 20 levels of difficulty with 8-10 task scenarios in the context of three virtual worlds (environments. In each of the environments, the participant must follow directions and navigate to a destination where the scenario (cognitive task) will be performed. The game will inform the participant of the assigned task and, automatically, determine and inform the participant of the fastest route from the starting point to the scenario destination where the task will be performed. The participant will be required to remember the assigned task, follow the directions and navigate to the destination, and then remember what action is required to complete the task. A scenario-specific cognitive task will be triggered once the destination has been reached. The cycling and cognitive tasks will be completed throughout the sessions.

Trial Locations (1)

55414

RECRUITING

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

All Listed Sponsors
lead

University of Minnesota

OTHER