Functional training for elderly with Alzheimer's disease
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Dementia in Alzheimer's disease
- Registration Number
- RBR-3v7cmx
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Estadual Paulista
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruitment completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Elderly patients with a clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease; level of severity of mild to moderate; with ambulation preserved without visual, hearing loss, vertigo syndrome or other limitations that hinder the locomotion or the attainment of cognitive tests; do not exhibit other neuropsychiatric conditions.
Exclusion Criteria
Elderly people with Alzheimer's disease with heart disease or other neurological diseases; with reduced mobility; do not attend a minimum 80% attendance of the proposed training.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improvement in cognition in older adults with Alzheimer's disease, after twelve weeks of functional training and social conviviality, by decreasing latency and increased amplitude of P300
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improved functional capacity of older people with Alzheimer's disease, after twelve weeks of functional training, by improving the scores of Senior Fitness Test tests