Quantitative Assessment of Dance Therapy Infulence on the Parkinson’s Disease Patients’ Lower Limb Biomechanics / Šokių Įtaka Apatinių Galūnių Biomechanikai Sergant Parkinsono Liga

Abstract

Parkinson’s disease – progressive neurologic disorder that damages a variety of motor function and reduces the quality of life. Patients with PD are subject to various physical therapy exercises, but recently is applied more often the dance – music therapy. This study aims assessing the therapeutic effect of the modified Lindy Hop dance therapy on lower extremity biomechanics. The experimental study was performed using inertial sensors that registered lower extremity biomechanical parameters during gait. Several spatio-temporal parameters of lower limb were calculated and were found statistically significant between groups, which allows quantifying the influence of dance therapy. Parkinsono liga (PL) – progresuojantis neurologinis sutrikimas, kuris pažeidžia įvairias motorines funkcijas ir sumažina gyvenimo kokybę. Sergant PL, taikomos įvairios fizinių pratimų terapijos, bet paskutiniu metu dažniau taikoma šokių – muzikos – terapija. Eksperimentinio tyrimo metu buvo naudojami inerciniai jutikliai, siekiant registruoti apatinių galūnių biomechaninius parametrus eisenos metu. Šio straipsnio tikslas – įvertinti modifikuotos lindihopo šokių terapijos įtaką apatinių galūnių biomechanikai. Buvo apskaičiuoti apatinių galūnių kinematiniai parametrai ir surasti statistiškai reikšmingi skirtumai tarp grupių ir grupių viduje, kurie leidžia kiekybiškai įvertinti šokių įtaką.

Theater as Data

“…Several scientific studies have used biomechanical methods to study dance, but they are mostly interested in preventing injuries in professional dancers or in using dance as a therapy for specific kinds of trauma or disease (Koutedakis, Owolabi, and Apostolos 2008;Luksys and Griskevicius 2016). Other studies have explored the intersection of biomechanics and more subjective experiences of dance.…”

Dancing and Parkinson’s disease: updates on this creative approach to therapy

“…[32][33][34][35] The majority of RCTs and non-randomized studies have an increased risk of selection bias. 34,35,[37][38][39][40][41]43 Comparability between the groups at baseline was also lacking in four studies. 31,35,37,43 Reporting and monitoring of …”

“…34,36 The dance interventions were well-described in 10 studies. 35,40,41 Seven studies stated that a warm-up was performed at the start of class [31][32][33][34]36,39,42 and nine studies used dance instructors with previous experience. 31,33,[36][37][38][39][40]42,43 Two studies included a home dance program as part of the dance intervention.…”