Neuroathletic Exercise In The Elderly

Launched by KTO KARATAY UNIVERSITY · Jul 7, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is looking at how a special type of exercise called neuroathletic exercise might help healthy older adults improve their walking speed, reduce their risk of falling, and boost their thinking skills. The study will include people aged 60 to 80 who are generally healthy and able to do physical and mental tests. To take part, participants should not have recent injuries, regular exercise habits, or any health problems that would make exercise difficult.

If you join the study, you will be randomly placed into one of two groups. One group will do supervised neuroathletic exercises twice a week for 12 weeks, plus some exercises at home once a week. The other group will receive general physical activity advice based on Turkish guidelines. Everyone will have tests before and after the program to measure walking ability, risk of falling, mood, and thinking skills. This study hopes to provide new information on how these exercises can help older adults stay active and healthy.

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ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Ages between 60-80
• • Volunteering to participate in the study
• • Having the ability to perform physical, cognitive and sensory tests and exercises
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Having a history of injury to the lower and upper extremities within the last year
• • Having regular physical activity or sports habits.
• • Having participated in any physical activity program in the last 6 months
• • Having a sensory pathology that prevents participation in the study
• • Having any musculoskeletal, neurological, respiratory or cardiovascular pathology that will limit exercise
• • Having a history of malignant disease
• • Having an eye defect that cannot be corrected with lenses, such as cataracts, that prevents tests