Activities for Cognitive Enhancement of Seniors

Trial ID or NCT#

NCT01094509

Status

not recruiting iconNOT RECRUITING

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

Ages Eligible for Study: Older than 70 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study: All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
Inclusion Criteria:
  1. - 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.
Exclusion Criteria:
  1. - Failure to meet inclusion criteria.
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Investigator(s)

Victor W. Henderson, MD, MS
Victor W. Henderson, MD, MS
Memory disorders specialist
Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health and of Neurology

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Contact

Leonor Urbain, MS
650-721-3308

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