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Treadmill training as an augmentation treatment for Alzheimer?s disease: a pilo...
Arcoverde,Cynthia; Deslandes,Andrea; Moraes,Helena; Almeida,Cloyra; Araujo,Narahyana Bom de; Vasques,Paulo Eduardo; Silveira,Heitor; Laks,JersonObjective To assess the effect of aerobic exercise on the cognition and functional capacity in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients. Method Elderly (n=20) with mild dementia (NINCDS-ADRDA/CDR1) were randomly assigned to an exercise group (EG) on a treadmill (30 minutes, twice a week and moderate intensity of 60% VO2max) and control group (GC) 10 patients. The primary outcome measure was the cognitive function usin...
Impaired cognition in depression and Alzheimer (AD): a gradient from depression...
Araujo,Narahyana Bom de; Moraes,Helena Sales; Silveira,Heitor; Arcoverde,Cynthia; Vasques,Paulo Eduardo; Barca,Maria Lage; Knapskog,Anne-BritaObjective To assess cognition in major depressed (MD), Alzheimer's disease (AD), and depression in AD elderly. Method Subjects were evaluated by Mini Mental, Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test, Rey Complex Figure, Digit Span, Similarities, Trail Making A/B, Verbal Fluency and Stroop. One-way ANOVA and multivariate models were used to compare the performance of each group on neuropsychological tests. Results We e...
Effects of motor and cognitive dual-task performance in depressive elderly, hea...
Moraes,Helena; Deslandes,Andrea; Silveira,Heitor; Arcoverde,Cynthia; Alve,Heloisa; Laks,JersonAbstract Impairments in dual-task performance can be observed in healthy older adults when motor and cognitive assignments are applied simultaneously. According to the hypofrontality hypothesis, there may be a reduction in frontal cognitive function during exercise. Objective: The aim of the present study was to compare the performance changes on cognitive tests of depressive elderly (n=10), healthy older adult...
Role of physical activity on the maintenance of cognition and activities of dai...
Arcoverde,Cynthia; Deslandes,Andréa; Rangel,Aryce; Rangel,Andreza; Pavão,Robson; Nigri,Fortunée; Engelhardt,Eliasz; Laks,JersonBACKGROUND: The practice of physical activities has proved to be an efficient strategy in the improvement of independency and cognitive functions in the elderly with Alzheimer's disease (AD). OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relation between the practice of physical activity, cognition and activities of daily living (ADL) of patients with AD. METHOD: The cognitive and physical aspects and ADL were evaluated of 37 eld...