IGROOVE: Protocol for a randomized, controlled, single-blind trial of dance intervention in older adults with subjective cognitive decline
February 14, 2026
Uneri A, Fanning JT, Beck JR, Ip EH, Laurienti PJ, Laurita-Spanglet J, Lyday RG, Nicklas BJ, Sachs BC, Soriano CT, Hugenschmidt CE.
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.
