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Impact of a Weekly Dance Class on the Functional Mobility and on the Quality of Life of Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease

Individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD) mainly suffer from motor impairments which increase the risk of falls and lead to a decline of quality of life. Several studies investigated the long-term effect of dance for people with PD. The aims of the present study were to investigate (i) the short-ter...

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Autores principales: Heiberger, Lisa, Maurer, Christoph, Amtage, Florian, Mendez-Balbuena, Ignacio, Schulte-Mönting, Jürgen, Hepp-Reymond, Marie-Claude, Kristeva, Rumyana
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3189543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22013420
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2011.00014
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author Heiberger, Lisa
Maurer, Christoph
Amtage, Florian
Mendez-Balbuena, Ignacio
Schulte-Mönting, Jürgen
Hepp-Reymond, Marie-Claude
Kristeva, Rumyana
author_facet Heiberger, Lisa
Maurer, Christoph
Amtage, Florian
Mendez-Balbuena, Ignacio
Schulte-Mönting, Jürgen
Hepp-Reymond, Marie-Claude
Kristeva, Rumyana
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description Individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD) mainly suffer from motor impairments which increase the risk of falls and lead to a decline of quality of life. Several studies investigated the long-term effect of dance for people with PD. The aims of the present study were to investigate (i) the short-term effects of dance (i.e., the effect immediately after the dance class) on motor control in individuals with PD and (ii) the long-term effects of 8 months of participation in the weekly dance class on the quality of life of the PD patients and their caregivers. The dance lessons took place in a ballet studio and were led by a professional dancer. Eleven people with moderate to severe PD (58–85 years old) were subjected to a motor and quality of life assessments. With respect to the motor assessments the unified Parkinson disease rating scale III (UPDRS III), the timed up and go test (TUG), and the Semitandem test (SeTa) before and after the dance class were used. With respect to the quality of life and well-being we applied quality of life scale (QOLS) as well as the Westheimer questionnaire. Additionally, we asked the caregivers to fill out the Questionnaire for caregivers. We found a significant beneficial short-term effect for the total score of the UPDRS motor score. The strongest improvements were in rigidity scores followed by significant improvements in hand movements, finger taps, and facial expression. No significant changes were found for TUG and for SeTa. The results of the questionnaires showed positive effects of the dance class on social life, health, body-feeling and mobility, and on everyday life competences of the PD patients. Beneficial effect was also found for the caregivers. The findings demonstrate that dance has beneficial effect on the functional mobility of individuals with PD. Further, dance improves the quality of life of the patients and their caregivers. Dance may lead to better therapeutic strategies as it is engaging and enjoyable.
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spelling pubmed-31895432011-10-19 Impact of a Weekly Dance Class on the Functional Mobility and on the Quality of Life of Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease Heiberger, Lisa Maurer, Christoph Amtage, Florian Mendez-Balbuena, Ignacio Schulte-Mönting, Jürgen Hepp-Reymond, Marie-Claude Kristeva, Rumyana Front Aging Neurosci Neuroscience Individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD) mainly suffer from motor impairments which increase the risk of falls and lead to a decline of quality of life. Several studies investigated the long-term effect of dance for people with PD. The aims of the present study were to investigate (i) the short-term effects of dance (i.e., the effect immediately after the dance class) on motor control in individuals with PD and (ii) the long-term effects of 8 months of participation in the weekly dance class on the quality of life of the PD patients and their caregivers. The dance lessons took place in a ballet studio and were led by a professional dancer. Eleven people with moderate to severe PD (58–85 years old) were subjected to a motor and quality of life assessments. With respect to the motor assessments the unified Parkinson disease rating scale III (UPDRS III), the timed up and go test (TUG), and the Semitandem test (SeTa) before and after the dance class were used. With respect to the quality of life and well-being we applied quality of life scale (QOLS) as well as the Westheimer questionnaire. Additionally, we asked the caregivers to fill out the Questionnaire for caregivers. We found a significant beneficial short-term effect for the total score of the UPDRS motor score. The strongest improvements were in rigidity scores followed by significant improvements in hand movements, finger taps, and facial expression. No significant changes were found for TUG and for SeTa. The results of the questionnaires showed positive effects of the dance class on social life, health, body-feeling and mobility, and on everyday life competences of the PD patients. Beneficial effect was also found for the caregivers. The findings demonstrate that dance has beneficial effect on the functional mobility of individuals with PD. Further, dance improves the quality of life of the patients and their caregivers. Dance may lead to better therapeutic strategies as it is engaging and enjoyable. Frontiers Research Foundation 2011-10-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3189543/ /pubmed/22013420 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2011.00014 Text en Copyright © 2011 Heiberger, Maurer, Amtage, Mendez-Balbuena, Schulte-Mönting, Hepp-Reymond and Kristeva. http://www.frontiersin.org/licenseagreement This is an open-access article subject to a non-exclusive license between the authors and Frontiers Media SA, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in other forums, provided the original authors and source are credited and other Frontiers conditions are complied with.
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Heiberger, Lisa
Maurer, Christoph
Amtage, Florian
Mendez-Balbuena, Ignacio
Schulte-Mönting, Jürgen
Hepp-Reymond, Marie-Claude
Kristeva, Rumyana
Impact of a Weekly Dance Class on the Functional Mobility and on the Quality of Life of Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease
title Impact of a Weekly Dance Class on the Functional Mobility and on the Quality of Life of Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease
title_full Impact of a Weekly Dance Class on the Functional Mobility and on the Quality of Life of Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease
title_fullStr Impact of a Weekly Dance Class on the Functional Mobility and on the Quality of Life of Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease
title_full_unstemmed Impact of a Weekly Dance Class on the Functional Mobility and on the Quality of Life of Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease
title_short Impact of a Weekly Dance Class on the Functional Mobility and on the Quality of Life of Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease
title_sort impact of a weekly dance class on the functional mobility and on the quality of life of individuals with parkinson’s disease
topic Neuroscience
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3189543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22013420
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2011.00014
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