Effects of a short duration, high dose contact improvisation dance workshop on Parkinson disease: A pilot study

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 184-190

  Marchant, David ^a   Sylvester, Jennifer L ^b   Earhart, Gammon M ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Dance; Exercise; Gait; Parkinson

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BERG BALANCE SCORE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANCING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAIT; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MOVEMENT THERAPY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDING; TREATMENT DURATION; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; WALKING; WORKSHOP;

AGED; DANCE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 78149358246     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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