Walking and night-time restlessness in mild-to-moderate dementia: A randomized controlled trial

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 746-749

  Eggermont, Laura H P ^a   Blankevoort, Christiaan G ^b   Scherder, Erik J A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT TIME RESTLESSNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; WALKING;

ACTIGRAPHY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NURSING HOMES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS; TREATMENT FAILURE; WALKING; WANDERING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77958544225     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq115     Document Type: Letter

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