The effects of dance interventions on reducing the risk of falls in older adults: a network meta-analysis
Ying Li, Zhaoguo Wang, Jiahao Li, Honghao Yang, Zilong Fang · 2024
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Ying Li and four co-authors compared dance styles for preventing falls in older adults, in a 2024 paper. Falls are a leading danger in old age, and dance trains balance, strength, and timing at once. The team searched seven databases for randomized trials and combined twenty-seven of them, covering over twelve hundred older adults, in a network meta-analysis. That design ranks treatments that were never tested head to head.
Creative dance improved balance scores most in healthy older adults. Folk dance led on a timed stand-and-walk test, ahead of creative and ballroom dance. In people with Parkinson's disease, folk dance again ranked best for balance, with ballroom also helping. The authors conclude that several dance forms genuinely lower fall risk. They suggest matching the style to the person: creative dance for general balance, folk dance where mobility speed matters.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ying Li, Zhaoguo Wang, Jiahao Li, Honghao Yang, Zilong Fang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |