How dance can improve the way of walking normally and walking while talking in the elderly
- Conditions
- Aged, gait analysisM01.060.116.100E01.370.600.250.250
- Registration Number
- RBR-4zqcyr
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade de São Paulo - Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Volunteers aged 60 or over, of both sexes, independent and autonomous, who live in the community, and who do not have metabolic, cardiovascular or musculoskeletal disease that contraindicates physical activity, or even any neurological disease. In addition, the elderly should be able to walk without assistive devices.
Those who initiate or cease physical activity in relation to their baseline activities during the research will be excluded from the study. Individuals with less than 75% attendance in dance sessions will also be excluded, that is, those who have 6 absences or more. Blood pressure greater than 160 / 90mmHg during dance sessions will also correspond to exclusion criteria from the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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