Skill learning in patients with moderate Alzheimer's disease: a prospective pilot-study of waltz-lessons.
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.
Rösler
Alexander
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Department of Neurology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany. alexander.roesler@kgu.de
Seifritz
Erich
E
Kräuchi
Kurt
K
Spoerl
David
D
Brokuslaus
Ilona
I
Proserpi
Sara-Maria
SM
Gendre
Annekäthi
A
Savaskan
Egemen
E
Hofmann
Marc
M
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