Mediation of Cognitive Function Improvements by Strength Gains After Resistance Training in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment: Outcomes of the Study of Mental and Resistance Training

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 550-559

  Mavros, Yorgi ^a   Gates, Nicola ^b   Wilson, Guy C ^a   Jain, Nidhi ^a   Meiklejohn, Jacinda ^a   Brodaty, Henry ^b   Wen, Wei ^b,c   Singh, Nalin ^a   Baune, Bernhard T ^d   Suo, Chao ^a,b,e   Baker, Michael K ^a,f   Foroughi, Nasim ^a   Wang, Yi ^g   Sachdev, Perminder S ^b   Valenzuela, Michael ^a   Fiatarone Singh, Maria A ^a,h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

ⁱ TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognition; dementia; exercise; resistance training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE ASSESSMENT SCALE COGNITIVE SUBSCALE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA ASSESSMENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIRECT CALORIMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGRESSIVE RESISTANCE TRAINING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; AGED; COGNITIVE AGING; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TEACHING; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITIVE AGING; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

EID: 84997824431     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14542     Document Type: Article

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