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Role of physical activity in ameliorating neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer disease: A narrative review.

Nicola VeroneseMarco SolmiCristina BassoLee SmithPinar Soysal
Published in: International journal of geriatric psychiatry (2018)
Physical activity may ameliorate depression and sleep disturbances in patients with AD. Therefore, physical activity can be a "potential" add-on treatment to drugs to reduce or prevent these symptoms onset and recurrence in patients with AD. However, further studies are needed to focus on relationship between physical activity and other NPs.
Keyphrases
  • physical activity
  • sleep quality
  • body mass index
  • depressive symptoms
  • mild cognitive impairment
  • climate change