Exercise programs for people with dementia

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Forbes, Dorothy ^a   Thiessen, Emily J ^a   Blake, Catherine M ^b   Forbes, Scott C ^a   Forbes, Sean ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COGNITION; CYCLING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TAI CHI; YOGA;

AGED; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TAI JI; YOGA;

EID: 84893278252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006489.pub3     Document Type: Review

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