ArticleDiabetology & metabolic syndrome2014
A standard ballroom and Latin dance program to improve fitness and adherence to physical activity in individuals with type 2 diabetes and in obesity.
Article in Diabetology & metabolic syndrome, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02021890 (A Standard Ballroom and Latin Dance Program to Improve Fitness and Adherence to Physical Activity in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity), which is not on this map. Cited by 20 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Standard Ballroom and Latin Dance Program to Improve Fitness and Adherence to Physical Activity in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity
Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Effect of Latin dance on physical and mental health: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
- Dance for Chronic Pain Conditions: A Systematic Review.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2022Pooled it
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- Regular Latin Dancing and Health Education May Improve Cognition of Late Middle-Aged and Older Latinos.Journal of aging and physical activity · 2017Trial
- Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a culturally adapted cardiovascular dance intervention in Mapuche women with obesity.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Low-intensity exercise stimulates bioenergetics and increases fat oxidation in mitochondria of blood mononuclear cells from sedentary adults.Physiological reports · 2020Article
- A Practice-Inspired Mindset for Researching the Psychophysiological and Medical Health Effects of Recreational Dance (Dance Sport).Frontiers in psychology · 2020Review
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- Supervised vs. self-selected physical activity for individuals with diabetes and obesity: the Lifestyle Gym program.Internal and emergency medicine · 2017Article
- Early declines in physical function among aging adults with type 2 diabetes.Journal of diabetes and its complications · 2017Article
- Recruiting adult participants to physical activity intervention studies using sport: a systematic review.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2017Review
- Cognitive Benefits of Social Dancing and Walking in Old Age: The Dancing Mind Randomized Controlled Trial.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2016Article
- Long-term weight loss maintenance for obesity: a multidisciplinary approach.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2016Review
- Synchronized personalized music audio-playlists to improve adherence to physical activity among patients participating in a structured exercise program: a proof-of-principle feasibility study.Sports medicine - open · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo test the effectiveness of a dance program to improve fitness and adherence to physical activity in subjects with type 2 diabetes and obesity. RESEARCH DESIGN AND
methodsFollowing a motivational interviewing session, 100 subjects with diabetes and/or obesity were enrolled either in a dance program (DP, n = 42) or in a self-selected physical activity program (SSP, n = 58), according to their preferences. Outcome measures were reduced BMI/waist circumference, improved metabolic control in type 2 diabetes (-0.3% reduction of HbA1c) and improved fitness (activity expenditure >10 MET-hour/week; 10% increase in 6-min walk test (6MWT)). Target achievement was tested at 3 and 6 months, after adjustment for baseline data (propensity score).
resultsAttrition was lower in DP. Both programs significantly decreased body weight (on average, -2.6 kg; P < 0.001) and waist circumference (DP, -3.2 cm; SSP, -2.2; P < 0.01) at 3 months, and the results were maintained at 6 months. In DP, the activity-related energy expenditure averaged 13.5 ± 1.8 MET-hour/week in the first three months and 14.1 ± 3.0 in the second three-month period. In SSP, activity energy expenditure was higher but highly variable in the first three-month period (16.5 ± 13.9 MET-hour/week), and decreased in the following three months (14.2 ± 12.3; P vs. first period < 0.001). At three months, no differences in target achievement were observed between groups. After six months the odds to attain the MET, 6MWT and A1c targets were all significantly associated with DP.
conclusionDance may be an effective strategy to implement physical activity in motivated subjects with type 2 diabetes or obesity (Clinical trial reg. no.NCT02021890, clinicaltrials.gov).
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