PMID- 30624952
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190415
LR  - 20190415
IS  - 1557-7708 (Electronic)
IS  - 1075-5535 (Linking)
VI  - 25
IP  - 3
DP  - 2019 Mar
TI  - Sardinian Folk Dance for Individuals with Parkinson's Disease: A Randomized 
      Controlled Pilot Trial.
PG  - 305-316
LID - 10.1089/acm.2018.0413 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVES: Among different exercise models proposed for individuals with 
      Parkinson's disease (IwPD), the popularity of traditional forms of dance is 
      increasing. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of Sardinian folk 
      dance (Ballu Sardu, BS) on functional performance and motor and nonmotor symptoms 
      in IwPD. DESIGN: Single-blind, randomized controlled pilot trial. SETTINGS: 
      Outpatient health clinic. SUBJECTS AND INTERVENTIONS: Twenty IwPD (13M, 7F; 
      67.4 +/- 6.1 years) were randomly assigned to BS (n = 10) or usual care (n = 10). 
      The dance program consisted of two sessions/week, 90-min/class, for 12 weeks. 
      OUTCOME MEASURES: Motor and nonmotor symptoms, as well as functional performance, 
      were evaluated using different questionnaires and tests such as the Unified 
      Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale Part-III (UPDRS-III), 6-min walking test (6MWT), 
      Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Timed Up-and-Go (TUG) test, Five Times Sit-to-Stand 
      Test (FTSST), Back Scratch Test (BST), Sit-and-Reach Test (SRT), instrumented 
      gait analysis, Parkinson's Disease Fatigue Scale (PFS-16), Beck Depression 
      Inventory, Starkstein Apathy Scale (SAS), and Montreal Cognitive Assessment 
      (MOCA) scale. RESULTS: Repeated-measures analysis of variance revealed 
      significant Time x Group interactions for UPDRS-III and functional variables such 
      as the 6MWT, BBS, FTSST, TUG (all, p < 0.001), BST (p = 0.04), and gait analysis 
      parameters (stride length, p = 0.031; gait speed, p = 0.049; and gait fatigue 
      index (GFI), p = 0.005). For nonmotor symptoms, significant Time x Group 
      interactions for depression (p < 0.001), apathy (p = 0.016), and MOCA scores 
      (p = 0.012) were observed. Of note, for GFI and SAS, the BS group only showed a 
      trend toward improvement, while the condition of the controls worsened 
      significantly. No between-group differences were observed for SRT and PFS-16. 
      CONCLUSIONS: BS is an enjoyable activity, which has been proved to be superior to 
      usual care alone in inducing changes in different motor and nonmotor symptoms 
      associated with PD. Results show that BS can be considered a safe tool for 
      contrasting impairments observed in IwPD due to the intrinsic nature of the 
      neurodegenerative disease.
FAU - Solla, Paolo
AU  - Solla P
AD  - 1 Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, 
      Cagliari, Italy.
FAU - Cugusi, Lucia
AU  - Cugusi L
AD  - 1 Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, 
      Cagliari, Italy.
FAU - Bertoli, Matilde
AU  - Bertoli M
AD  - 2 Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
FAU - Cereatti, Andrea
AU  - Cereatti A
AD  - 2 Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
AD  - 3 Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, 
      Torino, Italy.
FAU - Della Croce, Ugo
AU  - Della Croce U
AD  - 2 Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
FAU - Pani, Danilo
AU  - Pani D
AD  - 4 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, 
      Cagliari, Italy.
FAU - Fadda, Laura
AU  - Fadda L
AD  - 1 Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, 
      Cagliari, Italy.
FAU - Cannas, Antonino
AU  - Cannas A
AD  - 1 Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, 
      Cagliari, Italy.
FAU - Marrosu, Francesco
AU  - Marrosu F
AD  - 1 Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, 
      Cagliari, Italy.
FAU - Defazio, Giovanni
AU  - Defazio G
AD  - 1 Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, 
      Cagliari, Italy.
FAU - Mercuro, Giuseppe
AU  - Mercuro G
AD  - 1 Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, 
      Cagliari, Italy.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Randomized Controlled Trial
DEP - 20190109
PL  - United States
TA  - J Altern Complement Med
JT  - Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)
JID - 9508124
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Dance Therapy/*methods
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Italy/ethnology
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Parkinson Disease/ethnology/physiopathology/*therapy
MH  - Pilot Projects
MH  - Treatment Outcome
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Parkinson's disease
OT  - folk dance
OT  - functional performance
OT  - gait analysis
OT  - motor symptoms
OT  - nonmotor symptoms
EDAT- 2019/01/10 06:00
MHDA- 2019/04/16 06:00
CRDT- 2019/01/10 06:00
PHST- 2019/01/10 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/04/16 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2019/01/10 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1089/acm.2018.0413 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Altern Complement Med. 2019 Mar;25(3):305-316. doi: 10.1089/acm.2018.0413. Epub 
      2019 Jan 9.