Articles in People with PD |
2007 Hackney, et al. |
Tango |
3 months, 2x per week, 60 min sessions |
Berg Balance Scale |
Improved in the dance group, but not controls in strength/flexibility exercise classes |
2009 Hackney & Earhart |
Tango |
13 weeks, 2x per week, 60 min sessions |
Berg Balance Scale |
Similar improvement in both dance groups compared to no intervention controls |
Waltz/Foxtrot |
2010 Hackney & Earhart |
Tango (partnered and unpartnered) |
10 weeks, 2x per week, 60 min sessions |
Berg Balance Scale |
Similar improvement in both partnered and unpartnered dance |
2012 Duncan & Earhart |
Tango |
12 months, 2x per week, 60 min sessions |
Mini-BESTest |
Greater improvement with dance compared to no intervention controls |
2013 Volpe, et al. |
Irish set dance |
6 months, 1x per week, 90 min sessions |
Berg Balance Scale |
Trend toward greater improvement in dance compared to physiotherapy controls |
2014 Duncan & Earhart |
Tango |
24 months, 2x per week, 60 min sessions |
Mini-BESTest |
Greater improvement with dance compared to no intervention controls |
2014 McKee & Hackney |
Tango |
10–12 weeks, 2x per week, 90 min sessions |
Fullerton Advanced Balance Scale |
Improved in dance group, but not controls in education classes |
Articles in Healthy Older Adults |
1990 Hopkins, et al. |
Aerobic dance |
12 weeks, 3x per week, 50 min sessions |
One leg stance time - eyes open |
Greater improvement in dance than no intervention/wait list controls |
2002 Shigematsu, et al. |
Aerobic dance |
12 weeks, 3x per week, 60 min sessions |
One leg stance time - eyes open |
No change in dance or no intervention controls |
One leg stance time - eyes closed |
Improved in the dance group, but not the no intervention controls |
Forward reach |
Improved in the dance group, but not the no intervention controls |
2005 Federici, et al. |
Carribean dance |
3 months, 2x per week 30–60 min sessions |
Tinetti test |
No change with dance despite decline in no intervention controls |
Romberg test |
Greater improvement with dance than no intervention controls |
Improved Romberg test |
Greater improvement with dance than no intervention controls |
2007 Young, et al. |
Line dance (dance only, dance plus squats, dance plus squats and stomps) |
12 months, 1x per week, 45 min sessions |
One leg stance time - eyes open |
Similar improvements in dance or dance plus exercise groups |
Velocity of forward stepping to prevent fall |
No change in dance or dance plus exercise groups |
Velocity of Lateral stepping to prevent fall |
Similar improvements in dance or dance plus exercise groups |
2008 McKinley, et al. |
Argentine tango |
10 weeks, 2x per week, 90 min sessions |
Activities-Specific Balance Confidence |
Greater improvement with dance compared to walking group |
2009 Eyigor, et al. |
Turkish folkloristic |
8 weeks, 3x per week, 60 min sessions |
Berg Balance Scale |
Improved in dance group, but not in no intervention controls |
2009 Hui, et al. |
Low impact aerobic dance |
12 weeks, 2x per week, 50 min sessions |
Four test balance scale (one leg, tandem, semitandem, and side by side stance) |
No change in dance or no intervention controls |
2009 Sofianidis, et al. |
Traditional Greek |
10 weeks, 2x per week, 40–60 min sessions |
Various parameters of postural sway in sharpened (tandem) Romberg |
No changes in dance or no intervention controls in any measures |
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Various parameters of postural sway and trunk kinematics in one leg stance |
Greater improvement in some mediolateral sway measures and trunk roll kinematics with dance than no intervention controls |
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Various parameters of trunk kinematics in dynamic weight shifting |
Greater increase in the range of sagittal and frontal trunk rotation planes with dance compared to no intervention controls |
2011 Ferrufino, et al. |
Contemporary dance |
4 months, 1x per week, 60 min sessions |
Various statistic scores in static postures |
No changes in dance or fall prevention control groups |
Various diffusion analysis and recurrence quantification analysis metrics in static postures |
Some changes in center of pressure displacements with dance compared to the fall prevention control group |
2012 Borges, et al. |
Ballroom dance |
8 months, 3x per week, 50 min sessions |
Changes in the distribution of weight during static stance |
Greater improvement with dance than no intervention controls |
2012 Granacher, et al. |
Salsa dance |
8 weeks, 2x per week, 60 min sessions |
Various measures of center of pressure displacement during static stances |
Trend towards greater reduction in anterior-posterior displacement with dance than no intervention controls |
2013 Kattenstroth, et al. |
Agilando dance |
24 weeks, 1x per week, 60 min sessions |
Static and dynamic displacements of center of pressure |
Improvements in dynamic limits of stability with dance but not in no intervention controls |
2013 Krampe |
TLM Dance Therapy |
6 weeks, 3x per week, 45 min sessions |
Multidirectional Reach Test |
No change in either dance or no intervention controls |
2014 Borges, et al. |
Ballroom dancing |
12 weeks, 3x per week, 50 min sessions |
Changes in the distribution of weight during static stance |
Greater improvement with dance than no intervention controls |
2014 Coubard, et al. |
Contemporary dance |
4 weeks, 3x per week, 90 min sessions |
Various signal diffusion analysis, recurrence quantification analysis, and detrended fluctuation analysis metrics in static postures |
Some changes in center of pressure displacements with dance compared to no intervention controls |
2014 Song, et al. |
Senile Fancy Gymnastics audio and video products |
12 months, 6x per week, 40 min sessions |
Time able to step in place with eyes closed within a small circle |
Improvement in dance at all timepoints. No improvement in Tai Chi at 4 months. Similar improvements as Tai Chi at 8 months. Less Improvement than Tai Chi at 12 months. |
Deviations of center of pressure during dynamic balance |
Improvement in dance at all timepoints. Similar improvements as Tai Chi at 4 and 8 months. Less Improvement than Tai Chi at 12 months. |