Diversity and Impact of Dance

The Impact of Dance Movement Therapy on Subjective Well-Being and Quality of Life in Healthy Older Adults

This study evaluates the impact of Dance Movement Therapy on quality of life, life satisfaction, and well-being in healthy older adults, finding positive effects on overall quality of life and social relationships.

Negative emotional visual stimuli alter specific improvised dance biomechanics in professional dancers

This study shows that negative visual stimuli before improvisation reduce movement amplitude in professional dancers without changing movement expansion.

The relationship between changes in psychosocial domains with a virtual salsa class and personality, perceived performance and enjoyment

This study examines changes in psychosocial domains after a virtual salsa class and finds significant improvements in mood and stress, with effect sizes comparable to in-person classes.

Measuring partner synchrony during salsa dancing and its relationship to changes in psychosocial domains

The paper assesses the feasibility of measuring dance partner synchrony using IMUs and its relationship to psychosocial changes in a salsa class.

Weekly dance training over eight months reduces depression and correlates with fMRI brain signals in subcallosal cingulate gyrus (SCG) for people with Parkinson's Disease: An observational study

A High Dose Tango Intervention for People with Parkinson’s disease (PwPD)

A high dose tango dance intervention improved motor and non-motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease patients, with significant UPDRS III reduction and high adherence.

Assessing and Predicting Efficacy of Dance Intervention for Parkinson's Disease

This study evaluates the efficacy of dance intervention for Parkinson's disease, finding improvements in disease severity and sensorimotor coupling linked to prior dance experience.

Beauty That Moves: Dance for Parkinson's Effects on Affect, Self-Efficacy, Gait Symmetry and Dual Task Performance

This study compares the effects of dance and matched-intensity exercise on Parkinson's patients, finding differences in self-efficacy, gait symmetry, and dual task performance.

The impact of modern jazz dance on the electrical brain activity

This study examines the effects of modern jazz dance on brain activity, finding increased electrical activation during physical dancing compared to mental dancing across multiple frequency bands.