Tongue-Strengthening Exercises in Healthy Older Adults: Does Exercise Load Matter? A Randomized Controlled Trial

Dysphagia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 315-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leen Van den Steen ◽  
Jan Vanderwegen ◽  
Cindy Guns ◽  
Rik Elen ◽  
Marc De Bodt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Healthy Older Adults ◽  
Exercise Load ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Strengthening Exercises

A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Physical and Mental Lingual Exercise for Healthy Older Adults

Dysphagia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah H. Szynkiewicz ◽  
Erin Kamarunas ◽  
Teresa Drulia ◽  
Christina V. Nobriga ◽  
Lindsay Griffin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Healthy Older Adults ◽  
Randomized Controlled

scholarly journals Effects of Morning Versus Evening Home-Based Exercise on Subjective and Objective Sleep Parameters in Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial

2020 ◽  
pp. 089198872092470
Author(s):  
Jaehoon Seol ◽  
Yuya Fujii ◽  
Taiki Inoue ◽  
Naruki Kitano ◽  
Kenji Tsunoda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Exercise Group ◽  
Healthy Older Adults ◽  
Low Intensity ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Sleep Parameters ◽  
Objectively Measured

Objective: This study aimed to determine whether the timing of exercise influenced the effects of home-based low-intensity stepping exercises on the sleep parameters of older adults. Method: For 8 weeks, 60 healthy older adults participated in a randomized controlled trial, performing low-intensity aerobic exercise (70-80 bpm) for about 30 minutes every day at home, either in the morning (from waking until 12:00) or evening (18:00 to bedtime). Results: In the evening exercise group, both subjectively and objectively measured sleep latency significantly improved throughout the intervention. Further, postintervention subjective sleep satisfaction was significantly higher in the evening group (6.2 ± 1.3 points) than in the morning group (5.2 ± 1.4 points; P = .006). Additionally, sleep variables related to evening exercise had larger effect sizes (Cohen d) than those performed in the morning. Conclusion: Engaging in low-intensity stepping exercises during the evening is potentially a useful nonpharmacological approach to improving sleep quality among older adults.

scholarly journals Agility Training to Integratively Promote Neuromuscular, Cognitive, Cardiovascular and Psychosocial Function in Healthy Older Adults: A Study Protocol of a One-Year Randomized-Controlled Trial

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 1853 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mareike Morat ◽  
Oliver Faude ◽  
Henner Hanssen ◽  
Sebastian Ludyga ◽  
Jonas Zacher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Exercise Training ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Healthy Older Adults ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Training Concept ◽  
One Year

Exercise training effectively mitigates aging-induced health and fitness impairments. Traditional training recommendations for the elderly focus separately on relevant physiological fitness domains, such as balance, flexibility, strength and endurance. Thus, a more holistic and functional training framework is needed. The proposed agility training concept integratively tackles spatial orientation, stop and go, balance and strength. The presented protocol aims at introducing a two-armed, one-year randomized controlled trial, evaluating the effects of this concept on neuromuscular, cardiovascular, cognitive and psychosocial health outcomes in healthy older adults. Eighty-five participants were enrolled in this ongoing trial. Seventy-nine participants completed baseline testing and were block-randomized to the agility training group or the inactive control group. All participants undergo pre- and post-testing with interim assessment after six months. The intervention group currently receives supervised, group-based agility training twice a week over one year, with progressively demanding perceptual, cognitive and physical exercises. Knee extension strength, reactive balance, dual task gait speed and the Agility Challenge for the Elderly (ACE) serve as primary endpoints and neuromuscular, cognitive, cardiovascular, and psychosocial meassures serve as surrogate secondary outcomes. Our protocol promotes a comprehensive exercise training concept for older adults, that might facilitate stakeholders in health and exercise to stimulate relevant health outcomes without relying on excessively time-consuming physical activity recommendations.

The Effect of an Online Cognitive Training Package in Healthy Older Adults: An Online Randomized Controlled Trial

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. 990-997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Corbett ◽  
Adrian Owen ◽  
Adam Hampshire ◽  
Jessica Grahn ◽  
Robert Stenton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Cognitive Training ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Healthy Older Adults ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Training Package
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