Improvement of cognitive function after physical movement training in institutionalized very frail older adults with dementia

GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 197-208

  Thurm, Franka ^a,b   Scharpf, Andrea ^a   Liebermann, Nadine ^a   Kolassa, Stephan ^c   Elbert, Thomas ^a   Lüchtenberg, Dietmar ^a   Woll, Alexander ^a   Kolassa, Iris Tatjana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c SAP Switzerland AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cognition; dementia; exercise; mobility limitation; nursing homes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MOOD; MOVEMENT THERAPY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84455162341     PISSN: 16629647     EISSN: 1662971X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000048     Document Type: Article

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