Effects of a High-Intensity Functional Exercise Program on Dependence in Activities of Daily Living and Balance in Older Adults with Dementia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 55-64

  Toots, Annika ^a,b   Lindelöf, Nina ^a,b   Littbrand, Håkan ^a,b   Wiklund, Robert ^a,b   Holmberg, Henrik ^a   Nordström, Peter ^b   Lundin Olsson, Lillemor ^a   Gustafson, Yngve ^b   Rosendahl, Erik ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

activities of daily living; dementia; exercise; postural balance; residential facilities

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LEG MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RESIDENTIAL CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; KINESIOTHERAPY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POSTURAL BALANCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84956524162     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13880     Document Type: Article

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