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The efficacy of dance for improving motor impairments, non-motor symptoms, and quality of life in Parkinson’s disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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  • Anna M Carapellotti
  • Rebecca Stevenson
  • Michail Doumas

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Dance may help individuals living with Parkinson’s disease (PD) improve motor and non-motor symptoms that impact quality of life (QOL). The primary aim of this systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was to evaluate the efficacy of dance in improving motor and non-motor symptoms of PD and QOL. The secondary aims of this review were to evaluate the methodological quality of included studies by assessing risk of bias across nine categories and to inform the direction of future research. Peer-reviewed RCTs that included people living with PD at all disease stages and ages and measured the effects of a dance intervention longer than one day were included. Sixteen RCTs involving 636 participants with mild to moderate PD were eligible for inclusion in the qualitative synthesis and nine in the meta-analysis. Overall, the reviewed evidence demonstrated that dance can improve motor impairments, specifically balance and motor symptom severity in individuals with mild to moderate PD, and that more research is needed to determine its effects on non-motor symptoms and QOL. RCTs that use a mixed-methods approach and include larger sample sizes will be beneficial in fully characterizing effects and in determining which program elements are most important in bringing about positive, clinically meaningful changes in people with PD.

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  • Anna M Carapellotti & Rebecca Stevenson & Michail Doumas, 2020. "The efficacy of dance for improving motor impairments, non-motor symptoms, and quality of life in Parkinson’s disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(8), pages 1-28, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0236820
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236820
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    1. Peter Gates & Fred M. Discenzo & Jin Hyun Kim & Zachary Lemke & Joan Meggitt & Angela L. Ridgel, 2022. "Analysis of Movement Entropy during Community Dance Programs for People with Parkinson’s Disease and Older Adults: A Cohort Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(2), pages 1-16, January.
    2. Livia P. Carvalho & Simon Décary & Isabelle Beaulieu-Boire & Rosalie Dostie & Isabelle Lalonde & Émilie Texier & Laurence Laprise & Elizabeth Pepin & Mélodie Gilbert & Hélène Corriveau & Michel Tousig, 2021. "Baduanjin Qigong Intervention by Telerehabilitation (TeleParkinson): A Proof-of-Concept Study in Parkinson’s Disease," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(13), pages 1-13, June.
    3. Lucía Bracco & Clara Cornaro & Arrate Pinto-Carral & Sabine C. Koch & France Mourey, 2023. "Tango-Therapy Intervention for Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment Living in Nursing Homes: Effects on Quality of Life, Physical Abilities and Gait," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(4), pages 1-12, February.

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