Improved Mobility, Cognition, and Disease Severity in Corticobasal Degeneration of an African American Man After 12 Weeks of Adapted Tango: A Case Study.

ABSTRACT: Corticobasal degeneration (CBD) has no available treatment to slow disease progression and generally resists drug therapy. Corticobasal degeneration has symptoms and decreased quality of life similar to Parkinson disease. Adapted Tango, a successful rehabilitation for Parkinson, may address CBD. A 63-yr-old African American man with CBD (alias: YD; CBD duration = 2 yrs) was evaluated for motor, cognitive, and psychosocial function before, immediately after, 1 mo after, and 6 mos after 12 wks of 20, biweekly 90-min adapted-tango lessons. After intervention, disease-related motor symptoms improved and YD reported fewer problems in nonmotor experiences of daily living, which include mood, cognition, pain, fatigue, etc. Motor symptoms remained above baseline at 6-mo posttest. YD's balance conf

SUBMITTER: Silverstein HA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6699931 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature