Benefits of dance for Parkinson's: The music, the moves, and the company.

ABSTRACT: Dance classes designed for people with Parkinson's are very popular and associated not only with increasing individuals' motor control abilities but also their mood; not least by providing a social network and the enjoyment of the music. However, quantitative evidence of the benefits is inconsistent and often lacks in power. For a better understanding of the contradictory findings between participants' felt experiences and existing quantitative findings in response to dance classes, we employed a mixed method approach that focussed on the effects of music. Participant experience of the dance class was explored by means of semi-structured interviews and gait changes were measured in a within-subjects design through the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test before and after class, with and without musi

SUBMITTER: Jola C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9678293 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature