Design of the ExCersion-VCI study: The effect of aerobic exercise on cerebral perfusion in patients with vascular cognitive impairment

Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 157-165

  Leeuwis, Anna E ^a   Hooghiemstra, Astrid M ^a   Amier, Raquel ^b   Ferro, Doeschka A ^c   Franken, Leonie ^a   Nijveldt, Robin ^b   Kuijer, Joost P A ^d   Bronzwaer, Anne Sophie G T ^e,f   van Lieshout, Johannes J ^e,f,g   Rietberg, Marc B ^b   Veerbeek, Janne M ^b   Huijsmans, Rosalie J ^b   Backx, Frank J G ^c   Teunissen, Charlotte E ^d   Bron, Esther E ^h   Barkhof, Frederik ^d,i,j   Prins, Niels D ^a   Shahzad, Rahil ^k   Niessen, Wiro J ^h,l   de Roos, Albert ^k   van Osch, Matthias J P ^k   van Rossum, Albert C ^b   Biessels, Geert J ^c   van der Flier, Wiesje M ^a,b   more..

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d Medical Center ^*  (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f Trop Med AIDS E0127 Acad M   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^h ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^l DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Arterial spin labeling; Cerebral blood flow; Cognition; Exercise; Randomized clinical trial; Vascular cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; SOMATOMEDIN C; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; STUDY DESIGN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 85016005137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23528737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trci.2017.02.002     Document Type: Article

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