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| Benefits of chair yoga for persons with mild to severe Alzheimer's disease | | Author(s) | Lyn G Litchke, Jan S Hodges, Robert F Reardon |
| Journal title | Activities, Adaptation and Aging, vol 36, no 4, October-December 2012 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, October-December 2012 |
| Pages | pp 317-328 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Yoga ; Therapy ; Quality of life ; Activities of older people ; Mental health [elderly] ; Depression ; Preventative medicine ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | This study evaluated a 10-week chair yoga intervention on cognition, balance, activities of daily living (ADLs), anxiety and depression for people with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Residents were assigned to three groups: (a) mild AD, (b) moderate AD and (c) severe AD. There was no significant change in balance, anxiety or cognition. ADLs showed a significant effect, which suggests that yoga may have more benefit early in the progression of AD. Unexpectedly, depression increased significantly. The study concludes that yoga over an extended period of time with a larger sample size may demonstrate benefits to persons with AD and serve as means to improve overall quality of life. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130208226 A |
| Classmark | EA: HTY: LO: F:59: G: D: ENR: LK2: 4C |
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