Intervention for Healthy Brain Aging Study

Years 2016-2021

Enrollment for this study is currenlty closed. 

The purpose of this study is to learn more about the effects of healthy lifestyle training on fitness, brain health, and cognitive function in older adults randomized to a "brisk walking" condition or to a "healthy aging education" condition. The focus of this study is to investigate if the brain benefits observed under "supervised training" can also apply when the training is done remotely in a person's real-world environment.

See related publications here:

Greater accelerometer-measured physical activity is associated with better cognition and cerebrovascular health in older adults. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2023 11; 29(9):859-869. Bangen KJ, Calcetas AT, Thomas KR, Wierenga C, Smith CN, Bordyug M, Brenner EK, Wing D, Chen C, Liu TT, Zlatar ZZ. PMID: 36789631; PMCID: PMC10425574.

The Independent Walking for Brain Health Intervention for Older Adults: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Feb 13; 12:e42980. Hays Weeks CC, Moore AA, Allison M, Patrick K, Bondi MW, Nebeker C, Liu TT, Wing D, Higgins M, Hartman SJ, Rissman RA, Zlatar ZZ. PMID: 36535765; PMCID: PMC9972211.

Learning From Older Adults to Promote Independent Physical Activity Using Mobile Health (mHealth). Front Public Health. 2021; 9:703910. Nebeker C, Zlatar ZZ. PMID: 34476229; PMCID: PMC8406525.