Skill Learning in Patients with Moderate Alzheimer's Disease: a Prospective Pilot-study of Waltz-lessons

Overview

Journal Int J Geriatr Psychiatry

Specialties Geriatrics
Psychiatry

Date 2002 Dec 4

PMID 12461765

Citations 10

Authors

Alexander Rosler

Erich Seifritz

Kurt Krauchi

David Spoerl

Ilona Brokuslaus

Annekathi Gendre

Egemen Savaskan

Marc Hofmann

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Abstract

The authors report the effect of a 12-day prospective, blinded dance-learning trial in 5 patients with moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD) and 5 age-matched depressed patients. Patients with AD showed a significant effect in procedural learning whereas depressed patients did not. These findings suggest potential implications for therapeutic interventions in patients with moderate AD.

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