It's not an anecdotal report, it's not a beautiful life story, it's pure science, but it's music to my ears!
According to a study published in a scientific journal, tango improved balanced, mobility and obvioulsy, quality of life in Parkinson's disease sufferers.
The authors compared the effects of Argentine tango dance classes to exercise classes on functional mobility in 19 patients with Parkinson's disease. The participants in the dance program showed significant improvement in several standard tests for patients with Parkinson's disease - the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UP-DRS) and the Berg Balance Scale.
The study is going to be continued for further assessments and, if it proves that tango is better than standard exercises it's another challenge for tango teachers. Only they MUST be prepared!
Thanks to Fishnets and Fedoras for bringing this report to my attention
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
The healing powers of tango help Parkinson sufferers!
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2 comments:
I wonder why they chose tango.
Maybe they tried salsa in their preliminaries and realised they didn't get any significant results... Hehehe...
Most likely... ;o)
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