The effect of regular walks on various health aspects in older people with dementia: Protocol of a randomized-controlled trial

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Volkers, Karin M ^a   Scherder, Erik Ja ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; HEALTH STATUS; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NURSING HOME; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; WALKING;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; DEMENTIA; HEALTH STATUS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NURSING HOMES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; WALKING;

EID: 79961150643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-11-38     Document Type: Article

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