Tango and physiotherapy interventions in Parkinson’s disease: a pilot study on efficacy outcomes on motor and cognitive skills

Pharmacological treatments in Parkinson’s disease (PD), albeit effective in alleviating many motor symptoms, have limited effects in non-motor signatures as cognitive impairment, as well as in other aspects included postural instability. Consequently, complementary interventions are nowadays a prero...

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Veröffentlicht in:Scientific reports Jg. 14; H. 1; S. 11855 - 16
Hauptverfasser: Rabini, Giuseppe, Meli, Claudia, Prodomi, Giulia, Speranza, Chiara, Anzini, Federica, Funghi, Giulia, Pierotti, Enrica, Saviola, Francesca, Fumagalli, Giorgio Giulio, Di Giacopo, Raffaella, Malaguti, Maria Chiara, Jovicich, Jorge, Dodich, Alessandra, Papagno, Costanza, Turella, Luca
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: London Nature Publishing Group UK 24.05.2024
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Cognition
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive ability
Cognitive Dysfunction - therapy
Drug therapy
Female
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Middle Aged
Motor skill
Motor Skills
Movement disorders
multidisciplinary
Neurodegenerative diseases
Parkinson Disease - physiopathology
Parkinson Disease - psychology
Parkinson Disease - therapy
Parkinson's disease
Pattern recognition
Physical therapy
Physical Therapy Modalities
Pilot Projects
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Treatment Outcome
ISSN:2045-2322, 2045-2322
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Zusammenfassung:Pharmacological treatments in Parkinson’s disease (PD), albeit effective in alleviating many motor symptoms, have limited effects in non-motor signatures as cognitive impairment, as well as in other aspects included postural instability. Consequently, complementary interventions are nowadays a prerogative of clinical practice managing PD symptomatology. In this pilot longitudinal study, we recruited twenty-four PD patients participating in one of two interventions: adapted Argentine Tango or group-based physiotherapy. Participants underwent a motor and neuropsychological evaluation before and after four months of activities, carried out twice a week. We found a general stabilization of motor and cognitive abilities, with significant improvements in several motor skills, mainly pertaining to static and dynamic balance, similarly in both groups. At cognitive level, we measured a significant improvement in both groups in the Action Naming task. Interestingly, only PD patients in the Tango group improved their performance in the test measuring facial emotion recognition. These findings highlight the crucial role that physical activities have in the stabilization and slowdown of disease’s progression in PD. They further highlight the beneficial effects of a group-based physical intervention, which, especially in the case of Tango, could lead to behavioral ameliorations in domains other than the motor, such as emotion recognition.
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ISSN:2045-2322
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DOI:10.1038/s41598-024-62786-6