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Conditions
Brief summary
The current controlled study aim to compare whether 50-hours folk dancing from the Basque Country and physical activity walking will show differences in motor efficiency, intra-individual variability in high demanding functional and mobility test (i.e. CSRT, whyle walking, in the TU&G, and TU&G cognitive), fall risk, executive function and memory in older over the age of 60 who are cognitively intact with high physical performance levels. It was hypothesised that members of the folk dance group will acheive a higher physical and functional performance, executive function, beter memory, cognitive status and lower physiological fall risk, compared with the PA walking group. We expeculate that folk dance group will acheive also a higher intensity physical activity compared with the physically active group
Interventions
The intervention group participants will be enrolled for the first time in Folk dances from the Basque Country. The lessons will be taken in official schools. They will receive lessons in groups delivered by a licenced experienced dance professor that supervise and control each lesson during the intervention period.
The participants receive one dance lesson of 90 min per week for 32 weeks.
The lessons are performed in stable groups of 12-14 participants per lesson leaded by the same professor.
The intervention group participants will be enrolled for the first time in Folk dances from the Basque Country. The lessons will be taken in official schools. They will receive lessons in groups delivered by a licenced experienced dance professor that supervise and control each lesson during the intervention period. The participants receive one dance lesson of 90 min per week for 32 weeks. The lessons are performed in stable groups of 12-14 participants per lesson leaded by the same professor. To monitor adherence a registry of attendance to dance lessons will be used. To analyse the intensity of dance lessons and obtain heart rate watches and heart rate sensors will be used every 10 classes. The participants will be encouraged to continue with their habitual routines, and regular activities including physical activities.
Sponsors
Basque Country University
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
60 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Community living men and women, over 60 years with independence to walk continuously for 6 minutes without walking aids. Less than 4 risk factors determined by Quick screen (copyright) Physically active (150min physical activity per week) All participants must have high physical performance (score 9 or more in the Short Physical Performance Battery). The control group must be family or friends of the participant, aged 60 and over. Previous the begining of the intervention, neither participants in control grupo nor the participants in the intervention group, could have been involved during the previous year in any continuos (weekly) activity related with dances or with music accompaniment.
Exclusion criteria
Participants in both groups will be excluded if they can not Be able to cover 6min walk test without Aaids, Walk 8m test over or equal to 1m per second velocity Have high fall risk determined by quick screen (4 or more fall risk factors), Have cognitve impairment determined by MMSE <24, Terminal disease Unestable medical conditions involving neuromuscular skeletal or cardiovascular system Neurodegenerative disease Absolute or relative contraindicaciones for exercise, Participants enrolled previously in dance activities, or with music involvement (i.e. Aerobic, step,...), also those in the control group that become participats of dance activities during intervention period or follow up.
Outcome results
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