ReviewHeliyon2018
Dance for the rehabilitation of balance and gait in adults with neurological conditions other than Parkinson's disease: A systematic review.
Review in Heliyon, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 26 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Dance After a Stroke to Restore Pleasure in Physical Activity to Improve Cognitive and Motor Functions, Quality of Life and Well-being
Stories in the Moment: Dance Program for People Living With Dementia
Who cites it
26 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 91 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of dance interventions on brain health for older adults with cognitive impairment: an umbrella review.BMC geriatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of Music Based Therapy Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation (RAS) Using Wearable Device in Rehabilitation of Neurological Patients: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Pooled it
- The Impact of Dance Interventions on Patients with Noninfectious Pulmonary Diseases: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Therapeutic Use of Music, Dance, and Rhythmic Auditory Cueing for Patients with Huntington's Disease: A Systematic Review.Journal of Huntington's disease · 2019Pooled it
- Feasibility of dance therapy using telerehabilitation on trunk control and balance training in patients with stroke: A pilot study.Medicine · 2022Trial
- Feasibility of a live-stream dance class for people with chronic stroke.Biomedical engineering online · 2026Article
- Advancing quantitative outcome measurement in therapeutic dance.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Feasibility and Preliminary Effects of Ballet-Based Group Dance Intervention in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis: A Pilot Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- I Got Rhythm and Executive Function, Memory, and More: The Automated Test of Embodied Cognition (ATEC).Brain sciences · 2025Article
- The Effects of an 8-Week Cognitive-Motor Training Program on Proprioception and Postural Control Under Single and Dual Task in Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Comparing balance using the BESTest in Alzheimer, Huntington and Parkinson disease.Neurodegenerative disease management · 2024Article
- Escape, expand, embrace: the transformational lived experience of rediscovering the self and the other while dancing with Parkinson's or Multiple Sclerosis.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2023Article
- Dance after stroke improves motor recovery in the subacute phase: A randomized controlled trial.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Tango-Therapy Intervention for Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment Living in Nursing Homes: Effects on Quality of Life, Physical Abilities and Gait.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Can developmental trajectories in gait variability provide prognostic clues in motor adaptation among children with mild cerebral palsy? A retrospective observational cohort study.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
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- Dancing for Health and Wellbeing: A Feasibility Study of Examining Health Impacts of Online Dancing among Pulmonary Fibrosis Patients.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Development of GERAS DANcing for Cognition and Exercise (DANCE): a feasibility study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2022Article
- A Protocol to Understand the Implementation and Experiences of an Online Community-Based Performance Arts Programme Through and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic,Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2022Article
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purposeTo conduct a systematic review that examined the effect of dance interventions on balance, gait and functional mobility outcomes in adults with neurological conditions other than Parkinson's disease.
methodsA systematic search of relevant databases was conducted. Data extraction and methodological appraisal were performed by two independent authors.
resultsNine studies were included (4 pre-post studies with no control group, 3 case reports, and 2 controlled studies) and results of the methodological quality assessment ranged from poor to good. Study groups included stroke, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, and Huntington's disease. Dance interventions varied in frequency, type and duration, and only 1 study reported intensity. Study dropout rates ranged from 20-44%, and 88-100% of dance classes were attended. Only 3 studies mentioned adverse events, of which there were none. A summary of results revealed significant changes in spatiotemporal gait parameters, Berg Balance Scale scores, Timed Up and Go test and six-minute walk test that were similar to or greater than those previously reported in a review of dance for individuals with Parkinson's disease.
conclusionsThere is emerging evidence to support the use of dance as a feasible intervention for adults with neurological conditions. Further investigation of the effects of dance with randomized controlled trials using larger sample sizes and better reporting of the intervention, participant tolerance, and adverse events is warranted.
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