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Music with movement training for older adults with cognitive frailty

Tests music-based movement training in older adults with cognitive frailty and mild cognitive impairment.

Key facts

Who runs it
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Where
Hong Kong1 site in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
Trial code
Registry title
Effects of Music-with-Movement on Cognitive and Physical Performance of People With Potentially Reversible Cognitive Frailty: a Randomised Controlled Trial
Status
Not yet recruiting
People taking part
113 people, planned
Started
1 Mar 2025
Expected to end
31 Dec 2027
Type of study
Interventional, 2 groups
Treatments tested
  • music-based cognitive-motor dual-task training/exercise
  • Social Gatherings
Record updated
13 February 2025

Who can take part

AI summary

From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.

The trial is looking for people aged 60 and above who live at home and have both mild memory and thinking problems (MCI) and physical frailty. It tests a music-with-movement training program.

Age
60 years and above
Sex
All sexes can join.
Disease stage
Cognitive frailty: mild cognitive impairment (score of 0.5 on the Clinical Dementia Rating) together with physical frailty (score of 1 or more on the FRAIL Scale). People must walk on their own or with a stick and score 0 on the PAR-Q+ exercise-readiness questionnaire.
Earlier treatment
People must not have stayed in a long-term care facility in the last 12 months.

Main reasons for not taking part

  • Having only MCI or only physical frailty, not both.
  • Any critical medical or psychiatric illness, or conditions such as COPD, kidney disease or cancer that need big changes to exercise.
  • Long-term use of corticosteroids, immunosuppressive drugs, or androgen-, estrogen- or progestin-containing compounds; or taking psychotropic, antiarrhythmic or hypnotic medicines.
  • Sight or hearing problems that cannot be corrected and get in the way of taking part.
  • Told by a doctor or physiotherapist not to do moderate-to-vigorous exercise, or taking part in other trials.

The registry criteria, word for word

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Who can take part

  • Aged 60 and above
  • Community-dwelling, as defined by living at home and not having stayed in a long-term care facility in the last 12 months as reported by the participants
  • Able to walk independently or with a stick
  • A cutoff value of = 0 in the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire for Everyone (PAR-Q+) indicates the participants' physical stability
  • A cutoff score of = 0.5 in the Clinical Dementia Rating indicates participants with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
  • A cutoff score of ≥1 on the FRAIL Scale indicates participants with physical frailty

Who cannot take part

  • Chronic use of corticosteroids, immunosuppressive drugs, androgen-, estrogen-, or progestin-containing compounds
  • Taking psychotropic, antiarrhythmic, or hypnotic medications
  • Is suffering from any critical medical or psychiatric illness
  • Has an uncorrectable visual and/or hearing impairment that hinders the participation
  • Older adults with special conditions or increased risk of injuries that require substantial adjustment in exercise regime, including those with COPD, renal disease, cancer, etc
  • Is having the MCI or physical frailty only
  • Is participating in other trials
  • Advised by healthcare professionals (e.g., physicians or physiotherapists) not to participate in moderate-to-vigorous exercises

This trial has no sites in United States.

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About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

This study aims to evaluate the effects of Music-with-Movement Simultaneous Cognitive-Motor Dual-Task Training (MM-SDTT) on cognitive and physical performance in older adults with cognitive frailty coexisting with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and physical frailty.

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Research Questions:

1. Will the treatment group show greater improvement in global cognitive functions than the social control group at Week 16? 2. Will the treatment group show greater improvements in both cognitive, physical performance and psychosocial well-being than the social control group at Weeks 16 and 28?

Methodology:

Participants in the Treatment Group:

* Undergo a 16-week intervention comprising:

1. Once-weekly center-based training supervised by a physical coach 2. Twice-weekly home-based training using provided training videos

Participants in the Social Control Group: * Engage in once-weekly social gatherings and receive remedial training after data collection is completed.

The 2 groups in the trial

  • Music-with-Movement Simultaneous Cognitive-Motor Dual-Task Training (MM-SDTT) groupTreatment being tested

    Participants in the treatment group will undergo a 16-week MM-SDTT program, which includes once-weekly center-based sessions and twice-weekly home-based sessions. Center-based sessions will be supervised by an interventionist with a physical fitness background, while participants will have home-based sessions using provided training videos.

    Treatment: music-based cognitive-motor dual-task training/exercise

  • Social Control GroupOther group

    Participants in the social control group will have social chatting weekly for 45 minutes over 16 weeks, to control the potential social effect of the MM-SDTT on cognitive functions. Remedial MM-SDTT will be delivered to the social control group after the data collection is completed.

    Treatment: Social Gatherings

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations

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Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Official title
Effects of Music-with-Movement (Simultaneous Cognitive-motor Dual-task Training) on Cognitive and Physical Performance of People With Potentially Reversible Cognitive Frailty: a Randomised Controlled Trial
Plain-language title
Music with movement training for older adults with cognitive frailtyGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 15 November 2026.
Record updated
13 February 2025