Tai chi qigong as a means to improve night-time sleep quality among older adults with cognitive impairment: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 11, Issue , 2016, Pages 1277-1286

  Chan, Aileen W K ^a   Yu, Doris S F ^a   Choi, K C ^a   Lee, Diana T F ^a   Sit, Janet W H ^a   Chan, Helen Y L ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cognitive decline; Mind body exercise; Nonpharmacological approach; Sleep disturbances

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PILOT STUDY; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 12; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; TAI CHI; TREATMENT DURATION; AGE; AGED; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; TAI JI;

EID: 84988624759     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S111927     Document Type: Article

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