title: Skill learning in patients with moderate Alzheimer's disease: a prospective pilot-study of waltz-lessons.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany. alexander.roesler@kgu.de
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rösler
authors.forename: Erich
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Seifritz
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kräuchi
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Spoerl
authors.forename: Ilona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Brokuslaus
authors.forename: Sara-Maria
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Proserpi
authors.forename: Annekäthi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gendre
authors.forename: Egemen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Savaskan
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hofmann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003614:Dance Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011446:Prospective Studies