Does multicomponent physical exercise with simultaneous cognitive training boost cognitive performance in older adults? A 6-month randomized controlled trial with a 1-year follow-up

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 10, Issue , 2015, Pages 1335-1349

  Eggenberger, Patrick ^a   Schumacher, Vera ^b,c   Angst, Marius ^a   Theill, Nathan ^c   de Bruin, Eling D ^a,d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Gerontopsychology and Gerontology ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Dance; Elderly; Executive function; Transfer; Video game

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COGNITION; DANCING; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; VIDEO GAME; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; DANCING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; VIDEO GAMES; WALKING;

EID: 84939784169     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S87732     Document Type: Article

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