Multisensory stimulation to improve functional performance in moderate to severe dementia-interim results

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 698-703

  Collier, Lesley ^a   McPherson, Kathryn ^b   Ellis Hill, Caroline ^a   Staal, Jason ^c   Bucks, Romola ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

activity; dementia; multisensory environments; sensory stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTISENSORY ENVIRONMENT; PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

EID: 78649917543     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317510387582     Document Type: Article

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