Dance improves symptoms, functional mobility and fine manual dexterity in people with Parkinson disease: a quasi-experimental controlled efficacy study.

CONCLUSIONS: DfPD®-based dance classes improved disease-related symptom severity, fine-manual dexterity, and functional mobility. Feasibility of the approach for a large scale RCT was also confirmed.
CLINICAL REHABILITATION IMPACT: DfPD® could be an effective supportive therapy for the management of symptoms and functional abilities in PD.
PMID: 32383572 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - May 7, 2020 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Kalyani HH, Sullivan KA, Moyle GM, Brauer S, Jeffrey ER, Kerr GK Tags: Eur J Phys Rehabil Med Source Type: research