Effects of Two Types of Concurrent Training in Functional Performance and Cognitive Function of Older Adults

Effects of Traditional Concurrent Training and Concurrent Training Composed by Strenght Traning and Dance Classes in Functional Performance, Cognitive Function and Quality of Life of Older Adults: a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

The goal of this randomized controlled clinical trial is to identify and compare the impacts of traditional concurrent training and concurrent training consisting of strength training combined with dance classes on functional performance, cognitive function and quality of life in older people. The main question it aims to answer are:

• The concurrent training consisting of strength training combined with dance classes can provide similar benefits to traditional concurrent training in neuromuscular and cardiorrespiratory performance, cognitive function and quality of life in older people?

Participants will training one of the two types of concurrent training (traditional concurrent training or concurrent training consisting of strength training combined with dance classes), two times a week, over 12 weeks.

Researchers will compare traditional concurrent training, concurrent training consisting of strength training combined with dance classes and a control group without exercise to see if this modalitys of physical exercise can provide increases in neuromuscular and cardiorrespiratory performance, cognitive function and quality of life in older people.

Inclusion criteria:

• Be male or female aged between 65 and 75 years old
• Do not practice regular physical exercises for at least three months
• No history of competitive sports throughout life
• Not having musculoskeletal and neurological diseases or disorders that may influence the performance of the exercises or affect the test results
• Not having health conditions in which physical exercise is contraindicated
• Achieve a score of no less than 24 on the Mini Mental State Exam
• Achieve a score of up to 9.11 on the Baecke Physical Activity Questionnaire.

Exclusion criteria:

• Miss more than 20% of training sessions
• Miss more than three workouts in a row
• Failure to attend any of the evaluations will be excluded from the study.