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| Id | 652 | |
| Author | Douka S., Zilidou V.I., Lilou O., Manou V. | |
| Title | Traditional dance improves the physical fitness and well-being of the elderly | |
| Reference | Douka S., Zilidou V.I., Lilou O., Manou V.; Traditional dance improves the physical fitness and well-being of the elderly ;Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience vol:11 issue: APR page: |
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| Link to article | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85068316827&doi=10.3389%2ffnagi.2019.00075&partnerID=40&md5=66dc3908e2ac0cda303389798df67824 |
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| Abstract | Regular physical activity is considered one of the most important factors for lifestyle, for maintaining good health in older ages and increasing life expectancy. Dance is considered an activity that involves coordinating movements with music, as well as brain activation because it is constantly necessary to learn and remember new steps. Dance as a musical-kinetics skill, requires the coordination of body movements with rhythmic stimuli, developing the adaptability of the movement. One-hundred-thirty (130) elderly people aged 60 years and over (mean age 67 years old) with an average of 8 years of education, attended Greek traditional dance sessions for 32 weeks. The frequency was 2 times per week, for 75 min per session. Dances were selected from all over Greece with moderate intensity initially. During the program, they had the opportunity to try with greater intensity dances. At the beginning and after the end of intervention all the participants were evaluated by the Fullerton Senior Fitness Test for their physical fitness, the Single Leg Balance and the Handgrip Strength Test. The results showed a significant improvement in their physical fitness (Chair Stand: T = −5.459, p < 0.001; Arm Curl: T = −5.750, p < 0.001; Back Scratch: T = −4.648, p < 0.001; Sit and Reach: T = −4.759, p < 0.001; 2 min Step: T = −5.567, p < 0.001; Foot Up and Go: T = −8.599, p < 0.001) and at their static balance with eyes open (Balance 1 leg: T = −4.996, p < 0.001) and Handgrip Strength (Handgrip: T = −3.490, p < 0.001). Elderly seem to enjoy dancing as an activity while maintaining their functionality. Probably the elderly in traditional dance cause prosperity in their lives by promoting active aging. © 2019 Douka, Zilidou, Lilou and Manou. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
One-hundred-thirty elderly people aged 60 years and over with an average of 8 years of education, attended Greek traditional dance sessions for 32 weeks. Hackney and Bennett attempted to evaluate Parkinsons disease impact on dance participation as these patients had mainly mobility problems with an increased risk of falls reducing their quality of life as a result. More precisely out of participants improved their performance at the -min steps in the place task participants decreased their scores and only one did not show any change. DISCUSSION In the present study one-hundred-thirty elderly people participated in an intervention program of Greek traditional dances to investigate how their physical fitness and functional capacity were affected to enable them to have an independent and autonomous life improving their lifestyle. Greek traditional dance is a physical activity that contributes positively to many factors on the physical health of elderly people by enhancing the well-being outcomes for elderly people.
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