title: Effect of the Exercise Dance for Seniors (EXDASE) program on lower-body functioning among institutionalized older adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors conducted a randomized control trial to examine the effect of the Exercise Dance for Seniors (EXDASE) program on lower-body functioning among older individuals from residential care facilities in the Czech Republic.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were randomly assigned into an experimental or control group. The experimental group completed a 3-month EXDASE program. Lower-body functioning was assessed using four performance-based measures. A 2 (group) x 2 (test) general linear model for repeated measures was used to explore whether differences in performance could be attributed to the intervention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The authors found Group x Test interactions for the chair stand test, F(1, 50) = 14.37, p < .001, the 2-minute step test, F(1, 50) = 7.33, p = .009, the chair sit-and-reach test, F(1, 50) = 5.28, p = .026, and the timed up-and-go test, F (1, 44) = 6.59, p = .014, indicating that the experimental group outperformed the control group from pretest to posttest.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A relatively simple dance-based exercise can support lower-body functioning in previously sedentary, frail older adults.
authors.affiliation: Centre of Gerontology, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Iva
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Holmerová
authors.forename: Katerina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Machácová
authors.forename: Hana
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vanková
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Veleta
authors.forename: Bozena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jurasková
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hrnciariková
authors.forename: Ladislav
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Volicer
authors.forename: Ross
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Andel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018153:Czech Republic; D003615:Dancing / Q000502:physiology*; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012112:Residential Facilities; D016896:Treatment Outcome