Effect of a high-intensity exercise program on physical function and mental health in nursing home residents with dementia: An assessor blinded randomized controlled trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Telenius, Elisabeth Wiken ^a   Engedal, Knut ^b   Bergland, Astrid ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b Ageing and Health Norwegian Centre for Dementia Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; APATHY; ARTICLE; BALANCE EXERCISE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HIGH INTENSITY EXERCISE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NURSING HOME; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERY ELDERLY; COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APATHY; DEMENTIA; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NURSING HOMES; POSTURAL BALANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84929314380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126102     Document Type: Article

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