Improvements in gait characteristics after intensive resistance and functional training in people with dementia: A randomised controlled trial

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Schwenk, Michael ^a,b,c   Zieschang, Tania ^a   Englert, Stefan ^a   Grewal, Gurtej ^b   Najafi, Bijan ^b,c   Hauer, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84903279388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-14-73     Document Type: Article

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