Effects of Improvisational Dance on Balance in Parkinson’s Disease: A Two-Phase fMRI Case Study

September 2014

Batson, G, Migliarese S, Soriano CT, Burdette, J, Laurienti P.

IGROOVE aims to fill a gap in the knowledge about the minimum number of weekly dance classes needed to see benefits in cognition and cardiorespiratory fitness by systematically exploring how the frequency of dance movement can affect cognitive function and cardiorespiratory fitness. This information will inform future definitive studies of dance and public health recommendations for dance as physical activity to promote healthy aging.