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Intellectual Disability, Exercise and Aging: The IDEA study

Not Applicable
Conditions
Seniors (> 40 years old) with a mild or moderate intellectual disability.
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Registration Number
ISRCTN43594228
Lead Sponsor
Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO)
Brief Summary

2020 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32819350/ protocol (added 24/08/2020)

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Ongoing
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
90
Inclusion Criteria

1. Aged over 40 years and under 76 years (as of 01-12-2018)
2. Mild to moderate intellectual disability (ID).
3. Able to participate in activities in groups of 10 seniors with ID.
4. Able to conduct physical activities.
5. Able to wear an accelerometer for several days.
6. Able to walk independently.
7. Able to perform all the physical fitness measurements.
8. Declaration of physician that the senior with ID is able to perform physical activities safely.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Severe or profound ID.
2. Atlantoaxial instability.
3. Contraindications to exercise.
4. Medication that may have an important effect on the participants' response to exercise.
5. Unable to communicate in Spanish/Catalan.
6. Unable to provide written informed consent.
7. Parents or legal representative of the participants did not provide written informed consent.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Maximal aerobic capacity measured using a precalibrated cycle ergometer (Excalibur, LODE, Groningen, The Netherlands), cycling at 50 rpm. After a one-minute period cycling at 0 watts, participants will follow a 10 watt/min ramp protocol up to exhaustion. Oxygen uptake and carbon dioxide production will be measured by an automatic gas analysis system. Measures will be taken at baseline (i.e. prior to randomization), 6 months after randomization (end of the interventions) and 12 months after randomization.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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