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NCT Number: NCT07050589

Group Recreation to Enhance Function Aging

Investigators will develop and deliver a community-based recreation program, delivering group artmaking and group SMARTfit dual-task exergaming to community-dwelling older adults. The program will be delivered through the Buffalo-Niagara YMCA. Outcomes of interest are change in cognitive function and change in physical functioning, inresponse to 24 weeks of weekly training.

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Key information

Conditions

Physical Functioning Cognitive Functioning

Age range

60 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Buffalo-Niagara YMCA

Buffalo, New York, 14223, United States

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Jilyana Miklos

CONTACT

[email protected]

(716)501-5559

Nikhil Satchidanand, PhD

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • > = 60 years of age
  • have no more than MCI (MoCA score ≥ 24 points)
  • have no contraindications to exercise, guided by the American College of Sports Medicine
  • fluent in English

Exclusion criteria

  • have a condition that would prevent safe participation in the exercise, as determined by the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire for Older Adults (PAR-OA);
  • have severe neurological disease
  • have severe psychiatric illness
  • have a likelihood of withdrawing from the study due to severe illness or a life expectancy of < 6 mo
  • have experienced a lower or upper limb amputation
  • have greater than mild cognitive impairment (MoCA score < 24 points).

Treatment and study plan

Exercise and art

Behavioral

Weekly SMARTfit dual-task exergaming and group art-making

Primary outcomes

  1. Cognitive Function: Attention

    Time frame: From enrollment to week 8 and then week 16

    Change in performance on the Trail-Making Test

Secondary outcomes

  1. Balance

    Time frame: From enrollment to week 8 and then week 16

    Change in balance assessed by the Four Stage Balance Test

  2. Dual-Task Performance

    Time frame: From enrollment to week 8 and then week 16

    Dual task performance assessed using the Timed Up and Go-Dual Task

  3. Cognitive Function: Interference Inhibition

    Time frame: baseline to week 8, through week 16

    Change in performance on the Stroop Test

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Nikhil Satchidanand, PhD Exercise Physiology

CONTACT

[email protected]

17168162884

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

State University of New York at Buffalo

Other

Registry information

Official study title

A Community-Based Recreation Program to Improve Function and Quality of Life in Older Adults

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Jul 3, 2025
Registry last updated
Mar 16, 2026

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