Motor-Cognitive Training for Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome

Conditions

• Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

65 Years - N/A

Healthy Volunteers

Not accepted

Interventions

• Virtual Reality Treadmill Training — BEHAVIORAL
  The Virtual Reality Treadmill Training (VRTT) group will complete 18 training sessions over six weeks (three 1-hour sessions per week). Participants will perform prescribed tasks designed to challenge motor, cognitive, and motor-cognitive functions within a VR environment projected onto a screen in front of the treadmill (Fig 1). The VRTT system includes a conventional treadmill with a harness suspension system, camera-based motion capture (Intel RealSense, Santa Clara, CA), and a computer-generated simulation (GaitBetter, Tel Aviv, Israel). The camera tracks the participant's feet movements, which are displayed within the VR environment, allowing participants to see their feet navigating obstacles, pathways, and narrow corridors. Each session will include three walking bouts interspersed with rest breaks, targeting at least 40 minutes of active motor-cognitive training.
• Treadmill Training — BEHAVIORAL
  Participants in the Treadmill Training (TT) intervention will follow a traditional TT program without feedback from the VR system. 70 The focus will be on increasing gait speed and distance, with no motor-cognitive training such as obstacle crossing or cognitive tasks while walking.

Study Details

The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate if combined motor-cognitive training can improve motor and cognitive symptoms in older adults with motoric cognitive risk syndrome. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does motor-cognitive training using a virtual reality treadmill improve gait speed? * Does motor-cognitive training using a virtual reality treadmill improve cognitive functions? Researchers will compare virtual reality treadmill training with treadmill training to see if virtual reality treadmill training works to improve motor and cognitive functions in older adults at risk of dementia Participants will * Complete 18 sessions (1 hour, 3x/week, 6 weeks) of either virtual reality treadmill training or treadmill training * Complete a pre- and post-training assessment * Wear an activity sensor for seven days prior to the pre-training assessment and for seven days after the post-training assessment.

Key Dates

Start date

Jan 1, 2026

Status verified

Nov 2025

Primary completion

Oct 31, 2026

Completion

Dec 31, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment

10 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Arms

• Experimental: Virtual Reality Treadmill Training
  The virtual reality treadmill training (VRTT) group will complete 18 training sessions over six weeks (three 1-hour sessions per week). Participants will perform prescribed tasks designed to challenge motor, cognitive, and motor-cognitive functions within a VR environment projected onto a screen in front of the treadmill (Fig 1). The VRTT system includes a conventional treadmill with a harness suspension system, camera-based motion capture (Intel RealSense, Santa Clara, CA), and a computer-generated simulation (GaitBetter, Tel Aviv, Israel). The camera tracks the participant's feet movements, which are displayed within the VR environment, allowing participants to see their feet navigating obstacles, pathways, and narrow corridors. Each session will include three walking bouts interspersed with rest breaks, targeting at least 40 minutes of active motor-cognitive training.
• Active Comparator: Treadmill Training
  Participants in the treadmill training (TT) intervention will follow a traditional TT program without feedback from the VR system. 70 The focus will be on increasing gait speed and distance, with no motor-cognitive training such as obstacle crossing or cognitive tasks while walking.

Primary Outcome Measure

Dual-task gait speed [ Time Frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 weeks ]

Central Contacts

• Hannes Devos, PhD
  913-588-8253
  [email protected]

Locations (1)

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