Open AccessDance Intervention Using the Feldenkrais Method Improves Motor, and Non-Motor Symptoms and Gait in Parkinson’s Disease: A 12-Month Study
Author(s) -
Sung Hoon Kang,
Jinhee Kim,
Ilsoo Kim,
Young Moon,
Sojung Park,
SeongBeom Koh
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2093-4939
pISSN - 2005-940X
DOI - 10.14802/jmd.21086
Subject(s) - tinetti test , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , gait , gait disturbance , rating scale , physical therapy , parkinson's disease , quality of life (healthcare) , intervention (counseling) , disease , psychology , psychiatry , developmental psychology , nursing
Objective The aim of this study was to assess the effects of dancing (using the Feldenkrais method) on motor and non-motor symptoms, quality of life (QoL), and objective parameters of gait at the time of intervention and at the end of the 1-year study period.Methods This was a single-arm study in which 12 subjects with Parkinson’s disease (PD) received dance intervention during a 6-month period. Objective motor scales, gait analysis, and questionnaires on non-motor symptoms were evaluated at baseline and at 3, 6, and 12 months.Results Dance intervention decreased motor scale (Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale and Tinetti scale) scores and improved gait disturbance (gait velocity and step length) without increasing levodopa equivalent dose. Furthermore, dancing decreased non-motor scale (Non-Motor Symptoms Scale and Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale) scores and improved QoL.Conclusion Our findings suggest that dance intervention can be a complementary management method for PD patients.