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Development and effect of a cognitive enhancement gymnastics program for elderly people with dementia
Yoon-Soo Han1, Tatsuo Araki2, Pil-Young Lee3
1Department of Physical Education, College of Teacher, Kyungpook National University, Deagu, Korea.
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to develop a cognitive enhancement gymnastics program for the elderly with dementia and to verify its effect. The study was conducted on 27 people with dementia being treated in a dementia day care center in Incheon city. No statistically significant differences were found in the measures Mini-Mental State Examination for Dementia Screening (MMSE-DS), Short Geriatric Depression Scale (SGDS), Seoul Activities of Daily Living (S-ADL), or rock-paper-scissors. However, the MMSE-DS and rock-paper-scissors showed improvement after 12 weeks.
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