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SUBMITTER: Dos Santos Delabary M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7433088 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dos Santos Delabary Marcela M Monteiro Elren Passos EP Donida Rebeca Gimenes RG Wolffenbuttel Mariana M Peyré-Tartaruga Leonardo Alexandre LA Haas Aline Nogueira AN
BMC neurology 20200818 1
<h4>Background</h4>Parkinson's disease (PD) causes motor and nonmotor disorders in patients. Unlike aerobic training, potential adaptations from the practice of dance are less understood in PD, particularly compared with better known exercise modes. This study aimed to verify and compare the effects of a Brazilian dance program, inspired by Samba and Forrró rhythms, and a walking program on functional mobility and spatiotemporal gait parameters in patients with PD.<h4>Methods</h4>Eighteen partic ...[more]