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The rate of falls is high in Parkinson\u2019s disease patients because they tend to have reduced control over their movements and balance.<\/p>\nThe rate of falls is high in Parkinson\u2019s disease patients because they tend to have reduced control over their movements and balance.<\/p>\n
A new study from Candido Mendes University, State University of Rio de Janeiro, and Rio de Janeiro State University, published in the Journal of Aging and Physical Activity<\/em>, now reveals a surprisingly effective, fun way to restore postural control and prevent falls.<\/p>\n The researchers selected the 11 best studies they could find, with 393 Parkinson\u2019s disease patients as subjects.<\/p>\n Of these, 211 were trained and supervised to perform dance therapy, while the other 182 were used as controls without such therapy.<\/p>\n These researchers were specifically interested in whether dance therapy could work over the short term, not only when practiced over the long term.<\/p>\n Indeed, they found that this was the case and that past studies backed the performance of dance therapy as a way to improve postural control among Parkinson\u2019s sufferers.<\/p>\n This means that you do not have to dance for months or years to improve control over your motor symptoms, even though that would probably be best.<\/p>\n In fact, an international group that specializes in dance therapy for Parkinson\u2019s patients, called Dance for PD, lists both long-term and short-term studies on their website, and they could find dozens of studies that support the effectiveness of this therapy.<\/p>\n The benefits are wide-ranging, promoting everything from self-efficacy, better mood, cognitive abilities, balance, stability, gate, flexibility, stamina, movement, participation in social activities, and so forth.<\/p>\n