Impact of a six months dance intervention on sensorimotor, cognitive, postural, and cardio-respiratory performance in the elderly.
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- Conditions
- eurologically healthy subjects above the age of 60 years, having no record of regular dancing and sporting activities for at least five years before study onset.
- Registration Number
- DRKS00003560
- Lead Sponsor
- eurologischen Klinik und Poliklinik BG-Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 35
Inclusion Criteria
above 60 years of age,
no regular dancing or sporting activities in the last 5 years,
MMSE > 27
Exclusion Criteria
under 60 years of age,
regular dancing or sporting activities within the last 5 years,
Lack of knowledge of German language (subjective assessment of the experimenter),
Cognitive impairment in accordance to the MMSE: < 27 points,
Taking CNS-active drugs of any kind,
exclusion after medical examination,
left-handedness,
neurological disorders,
Pacemaker,
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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