Six months of dance intervention enhances postural, sensorimotor, and cognitive performance in elderly without affecting cardio-respiratory functions

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2013, Pages

  Kattenstroth, Jan Christoph ^a   Kalisch, Tobias ^a,b   Holt, Stephan ^b   Tegenthoff, Martin ^b   Dinse, Hubert R ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balance; Cognition; Dance therapy; Enriched environment; Intervention; Sensorimotor; Successful aging; VO2max

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY POSTURE; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANCE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TOUCH; WELLBEING;

EID: 84878405724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2013.00005     Document Type: Article

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