Exercise Program in Nursing Home Residents with Alzheimer's disease (AD). A One-Year Randomized Controlled Trial.

INTERVENTION: The intervention group received a regular exercise programme. The control group received normal medical care but no regular exercise programme. CONDITION: Alzheimer's Disease ; Nervous System Diseases ; Alzheimer's disease PRIMARY OUTCOME: The primary efficacy outcome was decline from baseline in Katz Index ADL score compared with the control group at 12 months of follow‐up. SECONDARY OUTCOME: The secondary efficacy outcomes included measures of physical performance, nutritional status, behavioral disturbance and depression. INCLUSION CRITERIA: 1. To have met the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Diseases and Stroke/Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders Association criteria for probable or possible AD 2. To have lived in the nursing‐home for at least 2 months 3. To be able to transfer from a chair and walk for at least 6 meters without human assistance 4. To have a Mini‐Mental State Examination (MMSE) score <25 Enrolment lasted two weeks.