The effect of exercise on patients with dementia

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Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Μοριακή και Εφαρμοσμένη Φυσιολογία
Library of the School of Health Sciences
Deposit date:
2018-07-13
Year:
2018
Author:
Bardopoulou Mari
Supervisors info:
Φιλίππου Αναστάσιος, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής, Ιατρική, ΕΚΠΑ
Μαριδάκη Μαρία, Αν. Καθηγήτρια, ΣΕΦΑΑ, ΕΚΠΑ
Κουτσιλιέρης Μιχαήλ, Καθηγητής, Ιατρική, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Η επίδραση της άσκησης σε ασθενείς με άνοια
Languages:
Greek
Translated title:
The effect of exercise on patients with dementia
Summary:
The annual percentage of patients with dementia rises each year, as life expectancy has increased and thus dementia has become a critical health problem with negative impacts on the quality of life of the elderly people. Moreover, it also has become a major problem for the involving families with regard to the management of its treatment and financial cost. It is widely accepted that exercise has beneficial effects on both physical status and mental performance of the elderly people. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of a structured exercise program on the physical and mental functioning of patients with dementia. The study was conducted in the population of an elderly care unit, evaluating functional and cognitive parameters in two groups (intervention group and control group) of elderly volunteers, before and after the application of an exercise training protocol which lasted for 9 months. All of the 39 patients successfully completed all the phases of the experimental plan and structured exercise. The results of this study showed that the patients in the intervention group had statistically significant improvements over the control group regarding their physical and mental function. However, further research is needed in order to better evaluate the impact of a structured exercise program on a variety of other functional capabilities of dementia patients, so as to ultimately help enhancing the improvement of the functional capacity and the quality of life of those patients by exercise.
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
Dementia, Exercise, Prevention, Functional capacity, Cognitive impairment, Physical activity, Treatment, Elderly people
Index:
No
Number of index pages:
0
Contains images:
Yes
Number of references:
56
Number of pages:
72
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