Effectiveness of physical training on motor performance and fall prevention in cognitively impaired older persons: A systematic review

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 847-857

  Hauer, K ^a,b,d   Becker, C ^a   Lindemann, U ^a   Beyer, N ^c  

^a Robert Bosch Stiftung   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive Impairment; Dementia; Falls; Motor Performance; Physical Training; Systematic Review

Indexed keywords

AGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY; EXERCISE; FALLING; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749006580     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.phm.0000228539.99682.32     Document Type: Review

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