Dance Fitness Classes Improve the Health-Related Quality of Life in Sedentary Women
| Autor: | Yaira Barranco-Ruiz, Susana Paz-Viteri, Emilio Villa-González |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Functional training Dance Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Health Status lcsh:Medicine physical activity Vitality Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life group fitness classes Group fitness classes dance exercise medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Dancing Exercise Social functioning Health related quality of life Sedentarism business.industry Physical activity lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health 030229 sport sciences Middle Aged Mental health Dance exercise Bodily pain Mental Health Physical Fitness Physical therapy Quality of Life Female sedentarism business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Digibug: Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Granada Universidad de Granada (UGR) Digibug. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Granada instname International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 3771, p 3771 (2020) Volume 17 Issue 11 |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| Popis: | Authors are grateful to valuable support of National University of Chimborazo, as well as to all participants of the study. We are grateful to Ana Yara Postigo-Fuentes for her assistance with the English language. Introduction: This study aims to analyze the effect of two dance-focused and choreographic fitness classes on Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in sedentary worker women. Methods: 65 sedentary middle-aged worker women (38 ± 7.3 years old) completed a 16-week intervention randomly assigned to: (1) dance fitness group based on Zumba Fitness classes (DF group, n = 25)], (2) dance fitness + functional strength training group (DFFT group, n = 20), and (3) control group (n = 20). HRQoL was assessed by the 36-Item Short-Form Health-Survey (SF-36), which evaluates 8 dimensions of health [General Health (GH), Physical Functioning (PF), Social Functioning (SF), Physical Role (PR), Emotional Role (ER), Bodily Pain (BP), Vitality (V), and Mental Health (MH)] scored from 0 (worst) to 100 (best health status). Results: The control group statistically differed from both exercise groups in PF and PR, and from the DF group in SF and MH showing a lower score. No statistical differences were observed between exercise groups post-intervention, except in V. DF group showed increases in GH, PF, SF, V, PR, and MH post-intervention. Conclusions: A 16-week dance fitness intervention based on Zumba Fitness classes generates notable improvements in a wide range of HRQoL dimensions in sedentary middle-aged worker women, especially in V, PR and MH dimensions. |
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