Physical Activity and Dementia: The Need for Prevention Trials

• Autores: Deborah E. Bames, Rachel A. Whitmer, Kristine Yaffe
• Localización: Exercise and sport sciences reviews: a quarterly publication of the American College of Sports Medicine, ISSN 0091-6331, Vol. 35, Nº. 1, 2007, págs. 24-29
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Dementia is a common and debilitating disease that will increase dramatically for the next 50 years unless a prevention or treatment is identified. This review summarizes the evidence that physical activity is associated with a reduced risk of dementia in older adults and recommends that prevention trials be performed to determine whether this association is causal