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@article{Liu2018EffectOP, title={Effect of passive finger exercises on grip strength and the ability to perform activities of daily living for older people with dementia: a 12-week randomized controlled trial}, author={Bingbing Liu and Xue-ping Chen and Yang Li and Hui Liu and Shasha Guo and Robert Yu}, journal={Clinical Interventions in Aging}, year={2018}, volume={13}, pages={2169 - 2177}, url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:53714633}}
  • Bingbing Liu, Xue-ping Chen, Robert Yu
  • Published in Clinical Interventions in… 1 October 2018
  • Medicine

Although there was no effect on grip strength, passive finger exercises led to significant improvements in urinary control, defecation function, and overall ADL in comparison with the control group.

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