Activities for Cognitive Enhancement of Seniors
Trial ID or NCT#
Status
Purpose
Cognitive aging and cognitive decline are important public health concerns in an aging US population. The investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trail among healthy older adults to assess effects of several innovative activities on remediation of age-related cognitive decline.
Official Title
Tai Chi and Guided Autobiography for Remediation of Age-related Cognitive Decline
Eligibility Criteria
- - 70 years of age or older. - No other household member already enrolled. - In reasonably good health: no serious cognitive problem; free of any condition that would limit your ability to participate in Tai Chi classes (a moderate intensity exercise), in Qigong exercises, in a writing program, or in a seminar series. - Not presently engaged in a regular exercise program; not presently engaged in Tai Chi Qigong or another form of Eastern exercise; and not a regular writer. - Not now engaged in research to enhance cognitive skills. - Willing to travel to Stanford for ACE-Seniors program classes. Planning to be in the area during most of the coming year; - Willing to be assigned randomly (by chance) to one of the ACE-Senior activities.
- - Failure to meet inclusion criteria.
Investigator(s)
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Contact
Leonor Urbain, MS
650-721-3308
View on ClinicalTrials.gov