Inspiring Seniors Towards Exercise Promotion - 2
Emory University
Summary
Older adults' low adherence to the national physical activity guidelines may stem from a failure to increase positive affective responses to exercise (e.g., enjoyment). Exercising with personalized, tempo-synchronous music playlists has shown promising effects on physical activity promotion in midlife-to-older adults during a cardiac rehab program. The purpose of this study is to determine how personalized, tempo-synchronous music playlists called rhythmic auditory stimulation (RAS) influence exercise behavior change and affective responses to exercise over 8 months among community-dwelling, sedentary older adults.
Description
Participants 65 years and older will be offered an exercise program for six months, either with or without RAS. The exercise program is based on the national physical activity guidelines for older adults and designed to train participants to independently engage in strength training and moderate-intensity aerobic training through the gradual withdrawal of supervised exercise classes (2 days/week for 3 months and 1 day/week for an additional 3 months). At baseline, every month during the 6-month intervention, and 2-month post-intervention follow-up, we assess weekly volume of physical activity…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 65+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults over 65 years old. * Ambulatory without pain or the use of assisted walking devices. * Able to speak and read English. * Healthy enough to exercise at moderate intensity with or without medical clearance by a primary care physician. * Living in the community for the duration of the study (9-10 months). * Having a reliable means of transportation. * Having a safe place at home or at a residential area (at least 6 feet by 6 feet of open space) for unsupervised exercise training. * Being low-active (\< 90 min/week of MAT and \< 2 days/week of ST for the last 3 months…
Interventions
- BehavioralExercise intervention with RAS (EX+RAS)
Supervised exercise sessions will be led by an exercise specialist at an open-floor gym. All participants will be asked to attend a supervised group exercise session for moderate aerobic training (MAT) for 15-40 minutes/day and muscle-strengthening training (ST) for 15-20 minutes/day for 2 days/week for the first 3 months, while being encouraged to independently perform MAT on up to 3 more days/week. Then, the same training session will be offered for 1 day/week for an additional 3 months while encouraging participants to independently perform ST on 1 more day of the week and MAT up to 4 more days of the week. Participants will be instructed on set and track exercise goals, supplemented with a series of behavioral supports during the 6-month intervention and until a 2-month post-intervention follow-up.
- BehavioralExercise intervention without RAS (EX)
Supervised exercise sessions will be led by an exercise specialist at an open-floor gym. All participants will be asked to attend a supervised group exercise session for moderate aerobic training (MAT) for 15-40 minutes/day and muscle-strengthening training (ST) for 15-20 minutes/day for 2 days/week for the first 3 months, while being encouraged to independently perform MAT on up to 3 more days/week. Then, the same training session will be offered for 1 day/week for an additional 3 months while encouraging participants to independently perform ST on 1 more day of the week and MAT up to 4 more days of the week. Participants will be instructed on set and track exercise goals, supplemented with a series of behavioral supports during the 6-month intervention and until a 2-month post-intervention follow-up.
Location
- Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia