Effects of Motor Intervention in Elderly Patients With Dementia

Christofoletti, Gustavo; Oliani, Merlyn Mércia; Gobbi, Sebastião; Stella, Florindo

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“…The control of confounding variables is extremely important for the observation of the effects of the implemented physical activity program 13 . No significant difference was found between the groups for these variables (age, schooling and disease duration), however the analysis of descriptive statistics showed that the RG had longer disease duration, higher level of disease severity, and higher mean age when compared with the IG.…”

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“…The consequences of falls for elderly people may represent losses in the levels of components of functional capacity and reduced ADLs, and may also trigger a depressive state [10][11][12] . Some studies have shown beneficial results regarding cognitive functions and functional capacity in elderly patients with dementia who were submitted to regular physical activity 13 . In a review article, Yu, Evans and Sullivan-Marx 14 concluded that physical activity may slow cognitive decline.…”

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Efeitos de um programa de atividade física nas funções cognitivas, equilíbrio e risco de quedas em idosos com demência de Alzheimer

Hernández¹,

Coelho²,

Gobbi³

et al. 2010

Rev. bras. fisioter.

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Efeitos de um programa de atividade física nas funções cognitivas, equilíbrio e risco de quedas em idosos com demência de Alzheimer

Hernández¹,

Coelho²,

Gobbi³

et al. 2010

Rev. bras. fisioter.

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“…There have been four previous systematic reviews of studies investigating the effects of exercise or physical activities for people with cognitive impairment or dementia [23][24][25][26]. However, only one [26] of these reviews clearly included only trials targeted at older people with dementia.…”

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Can balance exercise programmes improve balance and related physical performance measures in people with dementia? A systematic review

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Dodd

2010

Eur Rev Aging Phys Act

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This review presents the physical performance outcomes of randomised trials investigating exercise programmes that included balance exercise for older people with dementia. A systematic literature search through five computerised bibliographic databases until February 2009 was carried out. Of 1,038 potentially relevant published articles, only seven met the inclusion criteria and were extracted. Findings from the review for a total of 632 participants showed that almost all of the included studies addressed exercise or physical activities as the main intervention; however, only two of the studies focused on balance exercise. The effect size values varied from no effect (0.00) to a large effect (3.29) of the interventions for a range of physical performance outcome measures. Findings also suggest that it is feasible to conduct exercise programmes with older people with dementia. However, further studies with more specific exercise designed to improve balance performance in order to prevent falls are required for older people with dementia.

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“…These range from enhancing academic performance in youth, to aiding stroke recovery, to reducing age-related memory loss and the risk of both Alzheimer's and non-Alzheimer's dementia in the elderly (Hamer & Chida, 2009;Quaney et al, 2009). Multiple studies show that exercise is a valuable therapy for Alzheimer's patients that can improve intellectual capacities, social functions, emotional states, and caregiver distress (Christofoletti, Oliani, Gobbi, & Stella, 2007;Deslandes et al, 2009).…”

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