Effects of functional physical activity on the maintenance of motor function in Alzheimer's disease

Abstract It is widely known that older adults, even frail individuals, can improve their physical function using appropriately targeted exercise. Nevertheless, older adults with Alzheimer's disease (AD) have been excluded from the majority of studies on exercise. The functional-task physical ac...

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Main Authors: Laís Fajersztajn, Renata Cereda Cordeiro, Solange Andreoni, Jacqueline Takayanagi Garcia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642008000300233&lng=en&tlng=en