Group Balance Training Specifically Designed for Individuals with Alzheimer Disease: Impact on Berg Balance Scale, Timed Up and Go, Gait Speed, and Mini-Mental Status Examination

Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 183-193

  Ries, Julie D ^a   Hutson, Janet ^a   Maralit, Leslie A ^a   Brown, Megan B ^a  

^a MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; balance; balance training

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MOVEMENT; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84942311299     PISSN: 15398412     EISSN: 21520895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JPT.0000000000000030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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