Effects of Physical Activity Training in Patients with Alzheimer’s Dementia: Results of a Pilot RCT Study

Vjera A. Holthoff; Kira Marschner; Maria Scharf; Julius Steding; Shirin Meyer; Rainer Koch; Markus Donix

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0121478

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Effects of Physical Activity Training in Patients with Alzheimer’s Dementia: Results of a Pilot RCT Study

Vjera A. Holthoff ,

* E-mail: v.holthoff-detto@alexius.de

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Division of Old Age Psychiatry and Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307, Dresden, Germany, DZNE, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Dresden, Germany
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Kira Marschner,

Affiliation DZNE, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Dresden, Germany
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Maria Scharf,

Affiliation DZNE, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Dresden, Germany
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Julius Steding,

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Division of Old Age Psychiatry and Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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Shirin Meyer,

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Division of Old Age Psychiatry and Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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Rainer Koch,

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Division of Old Age Psychiatry and Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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Markus Donix

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Division of Old Age Psychiatry and Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307, Dresden, Germany, DZNE, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Dresden, Germany
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Effects of Physical Activity Training in Patients with Alzheimer’s Dementia: Results of a Pilot RCT Study

Vjera A. Holthoff,
Kira Marschner,
Maria Scharf,
Julius Steding,
Shirin Meyer,
Rainer Koch,
Markus Donix

Published: April 17, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121478

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