The effects of a movement with music program on measures of balance and gait speed in healthy older adults.
A group of 16 healthy older adults participated in a movement with music program to enhance physical flexibility, balance, and gait speed. The program, designed by a Laban Movement Analyst, consisted of 14 movement sequences set to music composed to reflect the dynamics, rhythm, timing, and phrasing of the movements. After 5 weeks, individuals showed statistically significant increases in measures of one-foot stance balance, gait speed, and functional reach. From the 5th to the 14th week, improvements continued in all measures but were not statistically significant.
The University of Kansas, USA.
Janet
J
Hamburg
Alicia Ann
AA
Clair
D000368:Aged; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement; D009146:Music; D009147:Music Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D011187:Posture; D013997:Time Factors; D016138:Walking