A 9-Week Aerobic and Strength Training Program Improves Cognitive and Motor Function in Patients with Dementia: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1106-1116

  Bossers, Willem J R ^a   Van Der Woude, Lucas H V ^a   Boersma, Froukje ^a   Hortobágyi, Tibor ^a   Scherder, Erik J A ^a,b   Van Heuvelen, Marieke J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

aerobic exercise; cognition; Dementia; mediation; physical fitness; resistance training

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ENDURANCE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VERBAL MEMORY; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL MEMORY; EXERCISE; KINESIOTHERAPY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84962274854     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2014.12.191     Document Type: Article

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