The effects of a computer-based cognitive and physical training program in a healthy and mildly cognitive impaired aging sample

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 838-846

  González Palau, Fátima ^a,c   Franco, Manuel ^a,b,c   Bamidis, Panagiotis ^d   Losada, Raquel ^a   Parra, Esther ^a   Papageorgiou, Sokratis G ^e   Vivas, Ana B ^f  

^a INTRAS Foundation   (Spain)

^b Hospital General de Zamora   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; cognitive stimulation; mild cognitive impairment; mild dementia; physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; AGING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEARNING; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84904048867     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2014.899972     Document Type: Article

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