Folk dances from the Basque Country in Parkinson's community living participants: sensorimotor and neuropsychological changes.

The Basque Country University0 个研究点目标入组 30 人开始时间: 2018年5月31日最近更新: 2019年7月15日

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•Community living men and women, over 50 years with independence to walk continuously for 6 minutes without walking aids, and able to cover 300m.
•Walk 8m test over or equal to 0.8m per second velocity
•Participants have to score between 1 and two in Hoehn and Yahr scale.
•Less than 4 risk factors determined by the Quick screen (copyright).
•All participants must have high physical performance (score 6 or more in the Short Physical
•Performance Battery).
•Previous the beginning of the intervention, neither participants in control group nor the participants in the intervention group, could have been involved during the previous year in any continuous (weekly) activity related with dances or with music accompaniment.

•Participants in both groups will be excluded if they score less than 1 in Hoehn and Yahr scale or more than two.
•Have high fall risk determined by quick screen (5 or more fall risk factors),
•Have cognitive impairment determined by MMSE <24,
•Terminal disease
•Unstable medical conditions involving neuromuscular, skeletal or cardiovascular system
•Other known neurodegenerative disease apart from Parkinson's
•Absolute or relative contraindications for exercise,
•Participants enrolled previously in dance activities, or with music involvement (i.e. Aerobic, step,...), also those in the control group that become participants of dance activities during intervention period or follow-up.

发起方

The Basque Country University