Clinical trial NCT02467491: A New Adaptive Physical Activity Technology in Older Adults
Official title: A New Adaptive Physical Activity Technology in Older Adults (Jintronix)
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Aging
Keywords: Exercise
Technology
Aging
Lead sponsor: University of Florida
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2015-06-10
Enrollment: 17
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 75
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to explore the feasibility and acceptability of a new physical activity technology (Jintronix) based on TV screen, virtual games and motion sensing cameras among pre-disabled older adults.

Detailed description: A total of 12 older adults will be recruited in the Oak Hammock residential community to participate in a physical activity program using a new technology called Jintronix. Jintronix is an easy-to-use virtual physical activity platform designed for physical and occupational therapy. It combines common exercise movements, virtual games and motion sensing cameras to offer a fun and effective tool for physical activity. The exercises will be performed by each participant autonomously in the living room of the residential community following a specific schedule. The duration of the exercise program will be of 30 minutes for two days a week for a total of four weeks. The participants will be trained prior the beginning of the program in order to enter autonomously in the Jintronix platform and perform the exercises.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age 75 years and older
* Pre-disabled status evidenced by: 6 ≤ score ≤ 9 on the Short Physical Performance Battery test.
* Willingness to participate in all study procedures.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Failure to provide informed consent
* Severe cardiac disease, including NYHA Class III or IV congestive heart failure, clinically significant aortic stenosis, history of cardiac arrest, use of a cardiac defibrillator, or uncontrolled angina
* Significant cognitive impairment, defined as a known diagnosis of dementia or a short portable mental status questionnaire score \> 2 errors
* Unable to communicate because of severe hearing loss or speech disorder
* Severe visual impairment, which would preclude completion of the assessments and/or exercise program
* Other significant co-morbid diseases that would prevent participation in exercise
* Planning to move out of the area during the study timeframe

Primary outcomes:
measure: Quality of Movements' Total Average Score
timeFrame: 4 weeks
measure: Total Average Time in Performing Exercises With Jintronix.
timeFrame: 4 weeks
measure: Global Difficulty Score
timeFrame: 4 weeks
measure: Global Appreciation Score
timeFrame: 4 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change From Baseline to 4 Weeks in the Short Physical Performance Battery Test
timeFrame: Change in baseline to 4 weeks
measure: Change From 4 Weeks (End of Intervention) to 3 Months After the End of the Intervention in the Short Physical Performance Battery Test
timeFrame: Change in 4 weeks to 3 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Gainesville
country: United States
facility: Oak Hammock at University of Florida
state: Florida
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Florida
name: Vincenzo Valiani, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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