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Background and purpose:
Frailty is a continuous decline of multiple physiological systems along with aging. Common characteristics of frailty are fatigue, weakness, weight loss, slowness, and low physical activity. Brain changes accompanying frailty may lead to cognitive decline. Moreover, evidence
Mild Dementia (Mild Dementia) is a state of mind disorder (memory, reason, attention, concentration, time orientation) with difficulty in the complex activities of everyday life (bank accounts, shopping, transportation, etc)
The olive leaves contain several phenolic compounds, most important of
Currently, there are about 100,000 people aged 65 years and older who are suffering from clinically diagnosed dementia in Hong Kong (HK). With an ageing population, this number will increase to 280,000 by 2036. Most dementia elderly live in community dwellings, such as nursing homes and elderly day
This study is a pretest-posttest design. Thirty-five subjects with MCI and 35 with SCD, who are diagnosed by physicians, will be recruited from the neurology outpatient clinic of NTU hospital. All participants will wait for 16 weeks as a historical control and then receive the multicomponent
1. Purpose/Specific Aims The overarching aim of this study is to provide a mechanism for patients to engage in progressive motor practice for a meaningful time period. The investigator's aim to improve on the positive outcomes demonstrated in patients in the chronic phase and the pilot work being
Implementing a ten-week introductory golf intervention designed for older adults will allow us to evaluate the usefulness of golf as a means to promote physical activity and well-being across the lifespan. Golf, while studied from a performance perspective, has not been studied as an intervention to
BACKGROUND
Radiotherapy is a key component in the management of head and neck tumors and primary or metastatic cancer of the central nervous system. Various radiation treatment methods employ different types of fractionation and conformational protocols designed to deliver focused radiation to
Parkinson's disease (PD) culminates in dementia, immobility, and death at a huge societal cost. Even early in the course, motor and cognitive dysfunction impairs instrumental activities of daily living (IADL). Non-motor symptoms due to fatigue, mood, sleep, and autonomic disorders further reduce
Dementia is an increasingly prevalent, costly and burdensome condition. The dramatic aging of the US population is creating a dementia "epidemic" that our health care system is poorly prepared to handle. More than 5 million people are affected by Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementias in
Objective: Does music therapy improve mood, pain and patient satisfaction on adult inpatient neurological units? Is music therapy an acceptable and feasible intervention in an adult inpatient neurological unit based on patient, family, and care provider satisfaction measures?
Population: Foothills
Recent advances in both AD and TBI test non-pharmaceutical interventions that target chronic symptom improvement (e.g., non- invasive brain stimulation, exercise and cognitive training). In order to provide targeted therapies to patients who suffer from chronic sequela of TBI it is necessary to
ALS clinical presentation and pathophysiology
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a group of rapidly progressive fatal neurological diseases involving the brain and spinal cord. Clinical presentation is phenotypically heterogeneous and depends on the type of onset. The pathophysiology mechanisms
This PhD project is an industrial PhD. The protocol is approved and fully financed by the Innovation Fund Denmark (case number 7038-00157B), Protac A/S, Skanderborg and Aarhus University, Denmark.
The project will take place at The Mood Disorders Clinic, Aarhus University Hospital, Risskov, Central
Persons with PD have progressive disabling tremor, slowness, stiffness, balance impairment, cognitive deficits, psychiatric symptoms, autonomic dysfunction, fatigue and insomnia. Tremor may interfere with necessary daily and work functions. The disorder affects approximately seven million people