Movement in mind: The relationship of exercise with cognitive status for older adults in the Swedish National Study on Aging and Care (SNAC)

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 212-220

  Lindwall, Magnus ^a   Rennemark, Mikael ^a,b,c   Berggren, Tomas ^a  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Blekinge Institute for Research and Development   (Sweden)

^c LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognitive status; Exercise; Gender; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN; VOCABULARY;

EID: 41849094753     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860701797232     Document Type: Article

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