The Effects Of Dance-based Exercise On Body Composition, Physical Fitness, And Cognitive Function In Elderly

Abstract

INTRODUCTION:Exercise is Medicine On Campus (EIM-OC) is a global initiative to promote physical activity among college students through collaboration between campus healthcare providers and EIM-OC professionals and has been a success at the University of North Carolina (UNC). With the advent of COVID-19 the University of North Carolina (UNC), like many other campuses, had to adapt to ensure continued success of EIM-OC. PURPOSE: Illustrate the three main changes EIM-OC members facilitated to the normal EIM process: ii) consultations with participants were moved from a physical location to a virtual platform and ii) alternative and accessible resources were identified, including in participants home towns; iii) novel strategies were adopted by the EIM-OC team to continue to educate health care providers about the importance of exercise. DISCUSSION: EIM-OC experienced an increase in referrals and follow-up meetings despite challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic closures. In particular, the change to virtual consultations was well-received by participants, possibly due to a lack of commute time, a less intimidating format or more flexibility in scheduling. Participants in EIM-OC still received tailored resource recommendations, including at-home workouts from on-demand and apps, local trails for outdoor exercise and guides to using virtual campus recreation activities. CONCLUSIONS: Following adaptations to the traditional EIM-OC process, referral and follow-up numbers increased compared to those prior to the pandemic. Physical activity recommendations can be modified successfully despite fitness facility closures and exercise access challenges associated with students living remotely. Remaining up to date on campus fitnessopportunities, researching high-quality fitness applications with live and on-demand features, and finding local socially-distant physical activities outdoors have enabled UNC students to remain active during the pandemic. Therefore, such changes could be implemented to other institutions to maintain physical activity among the college student body.

Online Dance Movement Therapy in Unjudged Space—Spark of Life DMT Action Research

“…The results showed that dance was more effective in improving balance and lower body muscle strength than traditional chair-based exercises. (Soon-Mi Choi et al, 2021) In addition to this, Previous studies have shown that dance can literature slow down the functional decline associated with aging. (Viljoen, M., & Levay, P. F., 2021) On the other hand, DMT is not only effective in keeping the elderly healthy physically, but also has a positive impact on their mental state.…”