Short naps and exercise improve sleep quality and mental health in the elderly

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 233-234

  Tanaka, Hideki ^a,b   Taira, Kazuhiko ^b   Arakawa, Masashi ^c   Urasaki, Chisae ^c   Yamamoto, Yukari ^d   Okuma, Hiromi ^b   Uezu, Eiko ^c   Sugita, Yoshiro ^d   Shirakawa, Shuichiro ^e  

^a HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^d Division of Health   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Exercise; Intervention; Mental health; Nap; Sleep

Indexed keywords

AGED; AROUSAL; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME;

AGED; AGING; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP;

EID: 0036313285     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2002.00995.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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