Carapellotti Anna M, Rodger Matthew, Doumas Michail
School of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom.
PLoS One. 2025 Jul 31;20(7):e0328293. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0328293. eCollection 2025.
To investigate the short-term effects of a single dance class on motor and non-motor outcomes in people living with Parkinson's.
A crossover design was used. Nineteen people participated. All participants took part in both dance and lecture control conditions seven days apart in a counterbalanced order. Outcomes of gait, balance, functional mobility, and aspects of cognition were measured before and after each condition. A visual analogue scale evaluated self-perceived changes in fatigue, energy, depression, anxiety, concentration, and movement. Statistical analyses were performed using 2x2 repeated-measures ANOVAs with time (pre vs. post) and condition (dance vs. lecture) as factors.
Results showed functional mobility (measured by the Timed Up and Go) improved to a greater extent after dance compared to the lecture. Significant improvements after both dance and lecture sessions were demonstrated for other outcomes measuring balance, cognition, and anxiety, indicating either both conditions had a comparable impact or practice effects may have influenced results.
Further research is needed to confirm the presence and strength of the short-term effect of dance on functional mobility, to assess the impact of dancing on aspects of cognition and anxiety, and to hone the approach to studying the short-term effects of dance.
研究单次舞蹈课程对帕金森病患者运动和非运动结果的短期影响。
采用交叉设计。19人参与。所有参与者以平衡顺序在相隔七天的时间里分别参加舞蹈和讲座对照课程。在每种课程前后测量步态、平衡、功能活动能力和认知方面的结果。使用视觉模拟量表评估疲劳、精力、抑郁、焦虑、注意力和运动方面的自我感知变化。以时间（课前与课后）和课程（舞蹈与讲座）为因素，采用2×2重复测量方差分析进行统计分析。
结果显示，与讲座相比，舞蹈课后功能活动能力（通过计时起立行走测试测量）有更大程度的改善。在测量平衡、认知和焦虑的其他结果方面，舞蹈和讲座课程后均有显著改善，这表明两种课程要么有相当的影响，要么练习效应可能影响了结果。
需要进一步研究来确认舞蹈对功能活动能力短期影响的存在及其强度，评估舞蹈对认知和焦虑方面的影响，并完善研究舞蹈短期影响的方法。
