Effectiveness of balance training exercise in people with mild to moderate severity Alzheimer's disease: Protocol for a randomised trial

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Hill, Keith D ^a,b,c   LoGiudice, Dina ^c   Lautenschlager, Nicola T ^d,e   Said, Catherine M ^d,f   Dodd, Karen J ^a   Suttanon, Plaiwan ^a,c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NORTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f HEIDELBERG REPATRIATION HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY DWELLING PATIENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOME PHYSIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PROPRIOCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING TEST; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRAINING; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 69049103246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-9-29     Document Type: Article

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