Study of Mental Activity and Regular Training (SMART) in at risk individuals: A randomised double blind, sham controlled, longitudinal trial

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gates, Nicola J ^a   Valenzuela, Michael ^a   Sachdev, Perminder S ^a,b   Singh, Nalin A ^c,d   Baune, Bernhard T ^e   Brodaty, Henry ^a,f   Suo, Chao ^a   Jain, Nidhi ^g   Wilson, Guy C ^g   Wang, Yi ^g   Baker, Michael K ^g   Williamson, Dominique ^g   Foroughi, Nasim ^g   Fiatarone Singh, Maria A ^g,h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Balmain Hospital   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^h Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

ⁱ TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79954583657     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-11-19     Document Type: Article

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