A study published in December 2018 in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports examined the potential effects of 16 different exercise types for reducing disability for activities of daily living (ADL) in older women. The prospective study enrolled 1,003 community-dwelling older Japanese women without ADL disability at the start. In the baseline… Continue reading Dancing May Help Older Women Maintain the Ability to Perform Daily Tasks
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Put on Your Dancing Shoes! Dancing Can Reverse Brain Aging.
As we grow older we suffer a decline in mental and physical fitness, which can be made worse by conditions like Alzheimer’s disease. However, a study, published in the open-access journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience on August 25th 2017 showed that for older people, dancing on a regular basis has a profound effect on revering… Continue reading Put on Your Dancing Shoes! Dancing Can Reverse Brain Aging.
Dancing Is Good for Aging Brains
A 2017 study led by a Colorado State University researcher shows that dancing is good for aging brains. A release from the university notes that the research team demonstrated for the first time that decline in the brain’s “white matter” can be detected over a period of only six months in healthy aging adults —… Continue reading Dancing Is Good for Aging Brains