Dance Well Therapy: a Study for Evaluating Efficacy, Safety, and Feasibility (DWpsVMF)

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Status

Completed

Conditions

Parkinson Disease

Treatments

Behavioral: Conventional motor therapy group

Behavioral: Dance Well: an artistic, multisensory dance intervention based on art and music

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06896123

DWpsVMF

Details and patient eligibility

About

A new and in-teresting complementary approach for rehabilitation of parkinsonian patients is represented by "Dance Well", which is an artistic, multisensory dance intervention based on art and music. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy, feasibility, and safety of a 4-week Dance Well (DW) program in PD patients in early-medium disease stages.

Full description

Background/Objectives: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder re-sponsible for both motor and non-motor disturbances impairing the motor behaviour. This com-plexity needs for integrated, multidisciplinary and comprehensive models of care. A new and in-teresting complementary approach is represented by "Dance Well," i.e., an artistic, multisensory dance intervention based on art and music. This pilot study aims to evaluate the efficacy, feasibility, and safety of a 4-week Dance Well (DW) program in PD patients in early-medium disease stages. Methods: Twenty-four PD patients (H&Y ≤ 3; MoCA score ≥ 13.8) were enrolled and randomly allocated into two groups, both with a twice per week frequency and lasting 4 weeks: one group underwent the DW program, while the other underwent conventional physiotherapy (CPT). De-mographic, biometric, and clinical data were collected. To study the treatment effect, motor (Unified PD Rating Scale-III, Timed-up and Go Test, Berg Balance Scale, 6-Minute Walk Test, and Falls Efficacy Scale), cognitive (Corsi Supra Span Test, Trial Making Test A and B-A), and affective (Beck Depression Inventory, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Apathy Evaluation Scale) outcome measures were as-sessed, before and after rehabilitation program. To study the treatment compliance and safety, number of dropouts and any adverse events (such as injuries and falls) were recorded.

Enrollment

24 patients

Sex

All

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

diagnosis of PD according to the UK Parkinson's Disease Society Brain Bank clinical diagnostic criteria; rate score 0-3 on the modified Hoehn & Yahr (H&Y) scale.

Exclusion criteria

other neurological or psychiatric diseases other than PD;
serious visual and/or auditory deficits;
orthopedic-muscular and or co-morbid medical conditions precluding partici-pation in dance;
cognitive decline (MoCA score < 13,8)