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title

LIFESTYLE INTERVENTIONS FOR VITALITY AND EMPOWERMENT OF SENIORS (LIVES) STUDY

author

Biehl, Olivia Camille

abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the feasibility of conducting a randomized controlled trial to test the impact of High Intensity Interval Resistance Training (HIIRT) on cognition in older adults. Participant recruitment was pursued through mass mailings, digital marketing, newsletters, and in-person soliciting. Seven participants aged ≥ 65 years were randomized into a 12-week HIIRT (n=3) program or a stretching, balance, and range of motion (SBR; n=4) active control group. HIIRT participants attended two exercise sessions per week and performed two sets of several different machine-based exercises. Each set lasted 40-seconds followed by a 20-second rest between sets and 3-minutes between exercises. SBR participants met twice weekly for 30-minutes each and performed stretching exercises to improve balance and range of motion. All outcome assessments were conducted prior to randomization and following the intervention. The primary outcome was executive cognitive functioning Analyses of feasibility included the process of recruitment, tolerance/acceptability as well as limited efficacy of testing. Results indicate that our methods of recruitment did not achieve the feasibility target (30 participants in 12-weeks), however, participants attended 88% of sessions with the interventions appearing to be well-tolerated. Due to the slow recruitment rate, this study was unable to fully examine feasibility.

subject

Aging

Cognitive functioning

Dementia

Executive functioning

High Intensity Interval Resistance Training

Physical activity

contributor

Katula, Jeffrey A (advisor)

Wells, Andrew D (committee member)

date

2023-07-25T17:48:39Z (accessioned)

2024-06-06T08:30:10Z (available)

2023 (issued)

degree

Health and Exercise Science (discipline)

embargo

2024-06-06 (terms)

identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/102256 (uri)

language

en (iso)

publisher

Wake Forest University

type

Thesis