Effect of physical exercise on cognitive performance in older adults with mild cognitive impairment or dementia: A systematic review

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 347-365

  Öhman, Hanna ^a,b,d   Savikko, Niina ^b,d,e   Strandberg, Timo E ^c,f,g   Pitkälä, Kaisu H ^b,e  

^a City of Helsinki   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Department of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics ^*  (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e City of Espoo   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^g OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cognition; Dementia; Exercise; Mild cognitive impairment; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADULT DISEASE; ATTENTION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DEMENTIA; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECALL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; STROOP TEST; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TAI CHI; WALKING; AGED; COGNITION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMENTIA; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84906638920     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000365388     Document Type: Review

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