NCT03739385: GIB

Generations on the Move (GIB-Study): Intergenerational Exercise and Health Promotion

Completed NA Last updated 9 November 2020

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Exercise Intervention in Physical Activity in 117 participants. Completed in 3 November 2020.

Timeline

10 November 2018

Primary endpoint
30 September 2019

3 November 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Basel
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	health services research
Enrollment	117
Start date	10 November 2018
Primary completion	30 September 2019
Estimated completion	3 November 2020
Sites	1 location across Switzerland

Drugs / interventions tested

• Exercise Intervention

Conditions studied

• Physical Activity — all drugs for Physical Activity →

Sponsor

University of Basel

Who can join

4 and older, any sex, with Physical Activity. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

During the past century, major demographic changes have occurred in Europe which primarily affect the older age groups. According to the Swiss federal office of statistics, the number of senior citizens has tripled (from 5.8% to 18.0%) while the number of young adults (younger than 20 years old) has decreased from 40.7% to 20.1%. There is evidence that with increasing age, physical activity and fitness level decreases. Additionally to lower physical activity, natural aging results in a decrease of muscle strength and a modulation of afferent and efferent reflex pathways due to a slowing down of neuromuscular performance. As a consequence, there are multiple consequences on general health, disease and injury rates in the older population such as a higher risk of sustaining fall injuries. An intergenerational approach combining balance and strength promotion appears to possess great potential for fall-prevention, for satisfying physical, social and behavioral need of children and seniors as well as reducing health care costs due to increased inactivity in both age groups. No studies have examined the effects of intergenerational exercise and health programs.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Beneficial effects of an intergenerational exercise intervention on health-related physical and psychosocial outcomes in Swiss preschool children and residential seniors: a clinical trial.
   Minghetti A, Donath L, Zahner L, Hanssen H, et al · · 2021 · cited 13× · PMID 33987002 · DOI 10.7717/peerj.11292