Not a lot to discuss: just a bunch of articles from the last couple of years.

Bearss KA, DeSouza JFX. Parkinson’s Disease Motor Symptom Progression Slowed with Multisensory Dance Learning over 3-Years: A Preliminary Longitudinal Investigation. Brain Sci. 2021 Jul 7;11(7):895. doi: 10.3390/brainsci11070895. PMID: 34356129; PMCID: PMC8303681.

Bek J, Groves M, Leventhal D, Poliakoff E. Dance at Home for People With Parkinson’s During COVID-19 and Beyond: Participation, Perceptions, and Prospects. Front Neurol. 2021 May 31;12:678124. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.678124. PMID: 34140925; PMCID: PMC8204717.

Fontanesi C, DeSouza JFX. Beauty That Moves: Dance for Parkinson’s Effects on Affect, Self-Efficacy, Gait Symmetry, and Dual Task Performance. Front Psychol. 2021 Feb 5;11:600440. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.600440. PMID: 33613357; PMCID: PMC7892443.

Emmanouilidis S, Hackney ME, Slade SC, Heng H, Jazayeri D, Morris ME. Dance Is an Accessible Physical Activity for People with Parkinson’s Disease. Parkinsons Dis. 2021 Oct 22;2021:7516504. doi: 10.1155/2021/7516504. PMID: 34721836; PMCID: PMC8556098.

Christensen-Strynø MB, Phillips L, Frølunde L. Revitalising sensualities of ageing with Parkinson’s through dance. J Aging Stud. 2021 Dec;59:100978. doi: 10.1016/j.jaging.2021.100978. Epub 2021 Oct 23. PMID: 34794724.

Krotinger A, Loui P. Rhythm and groove as cognitive mechanisms of dance intervention in Parkinson’s disease. PLoS One. 2021 May 6;16(5):e0249933. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249933. PMID: 33956853; PMCID: PMC8101757.

Bar A, Czamanski-Cohen J, Federman JD. I Feel Like I Am Flying and Full of Life: Contemporary Dance for Parkinson’s Patients. Front Psychol. 2021 Jul 5;12:623721. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.623721. PMID: 34290638; PMCID: PMC8287013.

Gyrling T, Ljunggren M, Karlsson S. The impact of dance activities on the health of persons with Parkinson’s disease in Sweden. Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being. 2021 Dec;16(1):1992842. doi: 10.1080/17482631.2021.1992842. PMID: 34694957; PMCID: PMC8547839.

Bevilacqua R, Benadduci M, Bonfigli AR, Riccardi GR, Melone G, La Forgia A, Macchiarulo N, Rossetti L, Marzorati M, Rizzo G, Di Bitonto P, Potenza A, Fiorini L, Cortellessa Loizzo FG, La Viola C, Cavallo F, Leone A, Rescio G, Caroppo A, Manni A, Cesta A, Cortellessa G, Fracasso F, Orlandini A, Umbrico A, Rossi L, Maranesi E. Dancing With Parkinson’s Disease: The SI-ROBOTICS Study Protocol. Front Public Health. 2021 Dec 21;9:780098. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.780098. PMID: 34993171; PMCID: PMC8724049.

Ismail SR, Lee SWH, Merom D, Megat Kamaruddin PSN, Chong MS, Ong T, Lai NM. Evidence of disease severity, cognitive and physical outcomes of dance interventions for persons with Parkinson’s Disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Geriatr. 2021 Sep 22;21(1):503. doi: 10.1186/s12877-021-02446-w. PMID: 34551722; PMCID: PMC8456607. (This is a desk review of articles rather than original research. Personally, I am skeptical of the conclusions of such reviews [unless they support my biases, of course]).

Hsu P, Ready EA, Grahn JA. The effects of Parkinson’s disease, music training, and dance training on beat perception and production abilities. PLoS One. 2022 Mar 8;17(3):e0264587. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264587. PMID: 35259161; PMCID: PMC8903281.

Walton L, Domellöf ME, Åström ÅN, Elowson Å, Neely AS. Digital Dance for People With Parkinson’s Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Feasibility Study. Front Neurol. 2022 Feb 3;12:743432. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.743432. PMID: 35185746; PMCID: PMC8850348.

Izbicki P, Stegemöller EL, Compton J, Thompson J. Dancing for Parkinson’s: A Gateway for Connectedness to Peers and Social Assurance. CBE Life Sci Educ. 2021 Jun;20(2):ar27. doi: 10.1187/cbe.20-05-0101. PMID: 33944618; PMCID: PMC8734394.

Sundström M, Jola C. “I’m Never Going to Be in Phantom of the Opera”: Relational and Emotional Wellbeing of Parkinson’s Carers and Their Partners in and Beyond Dancing. Front Psychol. 2021 Jul 29;12:636135. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.636135. PMID: 34393878; PMCID: PMC8358682.

Carapellotti AM, Rodger M, Doumas M. Evaluating the effects of dance on motor outcomes, non-motor outcomes, and quality of life in people living with Parkinson’s: a feasibility study. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2022 Feb 9;8(1):36. doi: 10.1186/s40814-022-00982-9. PMID: 35139914; PMCID: PMC8827282.

Mele B, Ismail Z, Goodarzi Z, Pringsheim T, Lew G, Holroyd-Leduc J. Non-pharmacologic interventions to treat apathy in Parkinson’s disease: A realist review. Clin Park Relat Disord. 2021 May 25;4:100096. doi: 10.1016/j.prdoa.2021.100096. PMID: 34316673; PMCID: PMC8299975.

Kang SH, Kim J, Kim I, Moon YA, Park S, Koh SB. Dance Intervention Using the Feldenkrais Method Improves Motor, and Non-Motor Symptoms and Gait in Parkinson’s Disease: A 12-Month Study. J Mov Disord. 2022 Jan;15(1):53-57. doi: 10.14802/jmd.21086. Epub 2021 Nov 3. PMID: 34724780; PMCID: PMC8820889.

And there you have it. A bunch of research or reviews over the last year and a half involving dance and Parkinson’s Disease. I did a search and haven’t had enough time to read any of these yet, but That’s part of the reason for this blog: to serve as a repository of links to articles. All of these are open access articles so the full text should be available.

Meanwhile…