Sardinian Folk Dance for Individuals with Parkinson's Disease: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.


Journal

Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)
ISSN: 1557-7708
Titre abrégé: J Altern Complement Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9508124

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Mar 2019
Historique:
pubmed: 10 1 2019
medline: 16 4 2019
entrez: 10 1 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Among different exercise models proposed for individuals with Parkinson's disease (IwPD), the popularity of traditional forms of dance is increasing. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of Sardinian folk dance (Ballu Sardu, BS) on functional performance and motor and nonmotor symptoms in IwPD. Single-blind, randomized controlled pilot trial. Outpatient health clinic. Twenty IwPD (13M, 7F; 67.4 ± 6.1 years) were randomly assigned to BS (n = 10) or usual care (n = 10). The dance program consisted of two sessions/week, 90-min/class, for 12 weeks. Motor and nonmotor symptoms, as well as functional performance, were evaluated using different questionnaires and tests such as the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale Part-III (UPDRS-III), 6-min walking test (6MWT), Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Timed Up-and-Go (TUG) test, Five Times Sit-to-Stand Test (FTSST), Back Scratch Test (BST), Sit-and-Reach Test (SRT), instrumented gait analysis, Parkinson's Disease Fatigue Scale (PFS-16), Beck Depression Inventory, Starkstein Apathy Scale (SAS), and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA) scale. Repeated-measures analysis of variance revealed significant Time × Group interactions for UPDRS-III and functional variables such as the 6MWT, BBS, FTSST, TUG (all, p < 0.001), BST (p = 0.04), and gait analysis parameters (stride length, p = 0.031; gait speed, p = 0.049; and gait fatigue index (GFI), p = 0.005). For nonmotor symptoms, significant Time × Group interactions for depression (p < 0.001), apathy (p = 0.016), and MOCA scores (p = 0.012) were observed. Of note, for GFI and SAS, the BS group only showed a trend toward improvement, while the condition of the controls worsened significantly. No between-group differences were observed for SRT and PFS-16. BS is an enjoyable activity, which has been proved to be superior to usual care alone in inducing changes in different motor and nonmotor symptoms associated with PD. Results show that BS can be considered a safe tool for contrasting impairments observed in IwPD due to the intrinsic nature of the neurodegenerative disease.

Identifiants

pubmed: 30624952
doi: 10.1089/acm.2018.0413
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Randomized Controlled Trial

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

305-316

Auteurs

Paolo Solla (P)

1 Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.

Lucia Cugusi (L)

1 Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.

Matilde Bertoli (M)

2 Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.

Andrea Cereatti (A)

2 Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
3 Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy.

Ugo Della Croce (U)

2 Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.

Danilo Pani (D)

4 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.

Laura Fadda (L)

1 Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.

Antonino Cannas (A)

1 Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.

Francesco Marrosu (F)

1 Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.

Giovanni Defazio (G)

1 Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.

Giuseppe Mercuro (G)

1 Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.

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