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SynthesisPloS one2020

The efficacy of dance for improving motor impairments, non-motor symptoms, and quality of life in Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Anna M Carapellotti, Rebecca Stevenson, Michail Doumas

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Synthesis in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers, 14 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

68 citing papers in PubMed, 14 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Optimal dose and type of exercise improve the overall balance in adults with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Anna M CarapellottiSchool of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-6262-2516
Rebecca StevensonSchool of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom.
Michail DoumasSchool of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dance may help individuals living with Parkinson's disease (PD) improve motor and non-motor symptoms that impact quality of life (QOL). The primary aim of this systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was to evaluate the efficacy of dance in improving motor and non-motor symptoms of PD and QOL. The secondary aims of this review were to evaluate the methodological quality of included studies by assessing risk of bias across nine categories and to inform the direction of future research. Peer-reviewed RCTs that included people living with PD at all disease stages and ages and measured the effects of a dance intervention longer than one day were included. Sixteen RCTs involving 636 participants with mild to moderate PD were eligible for inclusion in the qualitative synthesis and nine in the meta-analysis. Overall, the reviewed evidence demonstrated that dance can improve motor impairments, specifically balance and motor symptom severity in individuals with mild to moderate PD, and that more research is needed to determine its effects on non-motor symptoms and QOL. RCTs that use a mixed-methods approach and include larger sample sizes will be beneficial in fully characterizing effects and in determining which program elements are most important in bringing about positive, clinically meaningful changes in people with PD.

Indexed as

DancingQuality of LifeActivities of Daily LivingCognitionGaitHumansMental HealthMotor DisordersParkinson DiseasePostural Balance

Identifiers

PMID32756578
PMCPMC7406058

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