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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Alzheimer and Exercise



Workout Helps with ADL in Alzheimer's


An exercise program for people with Alzheimer's disease helped them cope with activities of daily living, without increasing health and social care costs, researchers reported.
In a randomized, controlled trial, supervised exercise, whether at home or at a day care center, slowed physical deterioration, according to Kaisu Pitkälä, MD, PhD, of the University of Helsinki in Finland, and colleagues.
And the costs for patients in the exercise programs were similar or lower than those associated with a control program of usual community care, Pitkälä and colleagues reported online in JAMA Internal Medicine./.../

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