THE LEVEL OF PHYSICAL ABILITIES OF HEALTHY SENIORS AND PATIENTS WITH MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT

Purpose: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the major cause of dementia in seniors. Pharmacological disease as a modifying treatment is not available and increasing attention is thus being given to non-pharmacological approaches. The aim of this article was to compare the results of Senior Fitness Tests of two groups - healthy seniors (HS) and patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in AD. Methods: 69 subjects were included in the study, randomized group attended a 6 months dance-exercise intervention with 50 training units. Initial and output examination included "chair stand test", "8 foot test", "6 minutes' walk test". Results: The difference between MCI group and HS group was not significant. Groups achieved similar results in three seniors test. Findings confirmed the similarity of the two groups.