Physical activity in the elderly is associated with improved executive function and processing speed: The LADIS Study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 744-750

  Frederiksen, Kristian Steen ^a   Verdelho, Ana ^b   Madureira, Sofia ^b   Bäzner, Hansjörg ^c   O'Brien, John T ^d   Fazekas, Franz ^e   Scheltens, Philip ^f   Schmidt, Reinhold ^e   Wallin, Anders ^g   Wahlund, Lars Olof ^h   Erkinjunttii, Timo ⁱ   Poggesi, Anna ^j   Pantoni, Leonardo ^j   Inzitari, Domenico ^j   Waldemar, Gunhild ^a  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^h KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

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Author keywords

age related white matter changes; cognitive; executive function; memory; physical activity; processing speed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROCESSING SPEED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHITE MATTER LESION; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VERY ELDERLY; WHITE MATTER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84930730937     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.4220     Document Type: Article

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