Does Zumba Improve Cognition in Healthy APOE e4 Carriers and Noncarriers

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
• Main ID: NCT01012791
• Date of registration: 11/11/2009
• Primary sponsor: Mayo Clinic
• Public title: Does Zumba Improve Cognition in Healthy APOE e4 Carriers and Noncarriers
• Scientific title: Does Zumba Improve Cognition in Healthy APOE e4 Carriers and Noncarriers
• Date of first enrolment: November 2009
• Target sample size: 65
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01012791
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Countries of recruitment

United States

Contacts

• Name: Cynthia Stonnington, MD
• Affiliation: Mayo Clinic

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Healthy women between the ages of 55-80 without cognitive complaints

Exclusion Criteria:

- History of significant health conditions



Age minimum: 55 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: Female

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Cognitive Impairment

Intervention(s)

Other: Zumba exercise

Primary Outcome(s)

To examine the feasibility of doing exercise intervention studies in presymptomatic, at risk individuals and determine the optimal outcome measure with minimal practice effect. [Time Frame: 6 months]

Secondary Outcome(s)

To examine whether forty 60 minute sessions of Zumba are associated with cognitive changes in healthy women between 55 and 80 years of age. [Time Frame: 6 months]

Secondary ID(s)

09-000597

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Alzheimer's Association