Can exercise improve language and cognition in Parkinson's disease? A case report

Neurocase

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 301-306

  Nocera, Joe R ^a,b   Altmann, Lori J P ^a   Sapienza, Christine ^a,b   Okun, Michael S ^a   Hass, Chris J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic exercise; Cognition; Neurological disease; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; ADULT; ANIMAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; COGNITION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77954590349     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554790903559663     Document Type: Article

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