Superior sensory, motor, and cognitive performance in elderly individuals with multi-year dancing activities
Superior sensory, motor, and cognitive performance in elderly individuals with multi-year dancing activities
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DOI：
10.3389/fnagi.2010.00031
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发表时间：
2010-07-21
影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
Dinse, Hubert R.
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作者：
Kattenstroth, Jan-Christoph;Kolankowska, Izabella;Dinse, Hubert R.
衰老与智力和身体能力的逐渐衰退有关。考虑到许多文明中目前的人口变化，迫切需要采取措施，使老年人能够独立生活。体育锻炼在调节和维持身心健康方面的关键作用是公认的。舞蹈除了身体活动外，还结合了情感、社会互动、感官刺激、运动协调和音乐，从而为人类个体创造了丰富的环境条件。在这里，我们展示了多年（平均16.5年）业余舞蹈（AD）对一组老年受试者（65-84岁）的影响，与教育、性别和年龄匹配的对照组（CG）相比，没有舞蹈或体育活动的记录。除了姿势和平衡参数外，我们还测试了反应时间、运动行为、触觉和认知表现。在每一个被调查的不同领域，AD组比不跳舞的CG组有更好的表现。个体表现分析显示，AD组的最佳参与者并不比CG组的个体更好。相反，AD组没有表现不佳的个体，这在CG组中经常观察到。这一观察结果表明，在老年时保持规律的舞蹈可以保持认知、运动和感知能力，并防止它们退化。我们的结论是，在AD组中发现的深远的有益影响使舞蹈超越了促进平衡和姿势的能力，成为保持老年人日常生活能力的主要候选。
Aging is associated with a progressive decline of mental and physical abilities. Considering the current demographic changes in many civilizations there is an urgent need for measures permitting an independent lifestyle into old age. The critical role of physical exercise in mediating and maintaining physical and mental fitness is well-acknowledged. Dance, in addition to physical activity, combines emotions, social interaction, sensory stimulation, motor coordination and music, thereby creating enriched environmental conditions for human individuals. Here we demonstrate the impact of multi-year (average 16.5 years) amateur dancing (AD) in a group of elderly subjects (aged 65-84 years) as compared to education-, gender-and aged-matched controls (CG) having no record of dancing or sporting activities. Besides posture and balance parameters, we tested reaction times, motor behavior, tactile and cognitive performance. In each of the different domains investigated, the AD group had a superior performance as compared to the non-dancer CG group. Analysis of individual performance revealed that the best participants of the AD group were not better than individuals of the CG group. Instead, the AD group lacked individuals showing poor performance, which was frequently observed for the CG group. This observation implies that maintaining a regular schedule of dancing into old age can preserve cognitive, motor and perceptual abilities and prevent them from degradation. We conclude that the far-reaching beneficial effects found in the AD group make dance, beyond its ability to facilitate balance and posture, a prime candidate for the preservation of everyday life competence of elderly individuals.