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An exercise programme led to a slower decline in activities of daily living in nursing home patients with Alzheimer’s disease

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ebn.10.3.89

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    Rolland Y, Pillard F, Klapouszczak A, et al. Exercise program for nursing home residents with Alzheimer’s disease: a 1-year randomized, controlled trial. J Am Geriatr Soc 2007;55:158–65.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    Q In patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in nursing homes, does an exercise programme slow the decline in ability to do activities of daily of living (ADLs)?

    METHODS

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    randomised controlled trial.

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    {concealed}.*

    Embedded ImageBlinding:

    blinded (outcome assessors and {data analysts}*).

    Embedded ImageFollow up period:

    12 months.

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    5 nursing homes in Toulouse, France.

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    134 patients who were 62–103 years of age (mean age 83 y, 75% women), met the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Diseases and Stroke/Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders Association criteria for probable or possible AD, had lived in the nursing home for ⩾2 months, and were able to transfer from …

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    • ↵* Information provided by author.

    • For correspondence: Dr Y Rolland, Hôpital La Grave-Casselardit, Toulouse, France. yvesmrolland{at}yahoo.fr

    • Sources of funding: Caisse Nationale d’Assurance Maladie et du Travail and University Hospital of Toulouse.