Ivan Bautmans, Margareta Lambert, Tony Mets
BACKGROUND: The 6 minutes walk test (6MWT) is a useful assessment instrument for the exercise capacity of elderly persons. The impact of the health status on the 6MWT-distance in elderly, however, remains unclear, reducing its value in clinical settings. The objective of this study was to investigat...
Tony Mets, Ivan Bautmans, Rose Njemini, Margareta Lambert et al.
Background Acute inflammation has a negative effect on the muscular system in elderly patients, compromising the outcome of the underlying disease. Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibition on muscle performance and mobility in hospitalized eld...
Ellen Gorus, Margareta Lambert, Rudi De Raedt, Tony Mets
OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of galantamine in elderly patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer disease (AD) on reaction time (RT), selective (SA) and alternating attention (AA), errors, and on interindividual and intraindividual variability. METHODS: Forty-one outpatients with AD were included ...