Postural stability and physical performance in social dancers
| Autor: | Hideo Yamazaki, Jian-Guo Zhang, Takae Morita, Toshiki Ohta, Kazuko Ishikawa-Takata |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Flexibility (anatomy) Posture Biophysics Lower limb Interviews as Topic Physical medicine and rehabilitation Reaction Time medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Dancing Postural Balance Low back Aged Aged 80 and over Analysis of Variance Chi-Square Distribution Rehabilitation Middle Aged Thorax Gait Preferred walking speed Cross-Sectional Studies medicine.anatomical_structure Lower Extremity Physical performance Postural stability Physical therapy Female Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Gait & Posture. 27:697-701 |
| ISSN: | 0966-6362 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2007.09.004 |
| Popis: | This cross-sectional study examined the benefits of social dancing on postural stability and physical performance in dancers aged 50 years or more. Walking speed, lower limb reaction time and low back flexibility were measured in 202 social dancers and 202 community-dwelling comparison subjects aged 50-87 years. The results showed that dancers who were older than 60 years had better postural stability and faster leg reaction times, whilst dancers aged 50-59 showed only better flexibility, when compared with the controls. Male dancers had greater low back flexibility and leg reaction time compared to controls. In contrast, female dancers had superior performance only for leg reaction time when compared with controls. The results indicate that social dancing is associated with enhanced postural stability and physical performance in older adults. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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