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The Effect of a Creative Dance Program on Well-being, Physical Function, Body Awareness, and Rhythm Perception and Reproduction of Community-dwelling Older Adults
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Active Dance Program for Community-dwelling Older Adults. Completed, enrolled 38 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The aim of present study is to analyze the effect of a Creative Dance program on well-being, physical function, body awareness, and rhythm perception and reproduction of community-dwelling older adults. This quasi-experimental study is a controlled trial. Participants will be allocated to two groups: experimental group (who attend the Creative Dance program) and control group (who maintain usual activity). The Creative Dance program will run for 12 weeks (3 sessions/week of 60 minutes). Participants will be assessed 1) at baseline and at 2) at 12 weeks.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
All Creative Dance sessions comprised five phases: 1) opening ritual (5 min), in which participants will be welcomed and will be informed about the objectives and structure of the session; 2) warm-up (15 min), in which body muscle groups will be activated through the introduction of basics elements of movement; 3) main phase (30 min), will be proposed individual, pair and group activities, in order to achieve the objectives described above. This phase will end with a choreography composition; 4) cool-down (5 min) with stretching and physiological parameters normalization; and 5) ending ritual (5 min), in which the participants will be invented to share their sessions' experience and they will fill a sheet with attendance, exercise intensity perception (Borg Scale) and satisfaction's (Caregiver Treatment Satisfaction questionnaire).