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عنوان	Remediation of cognitive and motor functions in Tunisian elderly patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease: implications of music therapy and/or physical rehabilitation
نوع پژوهش	مقاله چاپ‌شده در مجلات علمی
کلیدواژه‌ها	Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease, music therapy, physical exercise, cognitive functions, motor functions, correlation, elderly patient
چکیده	The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of music therapy (MT) and/or physical rehabilitation (PR) on cognitive and motor function in elderly Tunisian male and female patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Male patients (N: 16; age: 74.19 ± 4.27 years; weight: 76.71 ± 5.22 kg) and female patients (N: 12; age: 71.46 ± 3.36 years; weight: 67.47 ± 4.31 kg) with mild AD were randomly assigned into 4 groups including control group (Co), PR group participated in physical rehabilitation, MT group received music therapy and MT + PR received both music therapy and physical rehabilitation. Participants were required to engage in the study for four months with three 60-min sessions per week. We found all scores of cognitive (MMSE, ADAS-Cog Total and the ADAS-Cog Memory subscale) and motor functions (step length, walking speed, 6MVT and BBS score) evaluated were the greatest in MT + PR compared to the other groups. Our study also demonstrated that MT has a greater effect on cognitive function, while PR has a more pronounced effect on motor function. Changes in MMSE scores were significantly positively correlated in the PR, MT and MT + PR groups with improvements in all motor functions including step length (r = 0.77), walking speed (r = 0.73), 6MVT (r = 0.75) and BBS scores (r = 0.78) in AD patients. In conclusion, the combination of MT and PR seems to be an appropriate intervention approach that needs consideration as a treatment strategy for elderly male and female patients with mild AD.
پژوهشگران	فوئد چعور (نفر ششم به بعد)، جولین استیون بیکر (نفر ششم به بعد)، نیکولا لویگی براگززی (نفر ششم به بعد)، راشمی سوپریا (نفر ششم به بعد)، دان تائو (نفر ششم به بعد)، ایوب سعیدی (نفر ششم به بعد)، کومار پورنندو سینق (نفر پنجم)، مجدی بوآزیزی (نفر چهارم)، تامی گندرو (نفر سوم)، چوعیب چعور (نفر دوم)، سارا چعور (نفر اول)