娱乐芭蕾舞实践与老年人中改善的跌倒风险因素有关
Caroline Simpkins1, Jiyun Ahn1, Feng Yang1
1Department of Kinesiology and Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
概括
与非舞者相比,老年人的娱乐芭蕾舞练习改善了身体功能,包括动态平衡和腿部肌肉力量. 这表明芭蕾舞可以成为预防老年人落的有价值的干预措施.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 运动学 运动学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 布对老年人来说构成重大健康风险,影响身体和认知功能.
- 虽然结构化的芭蕾舞干预措施显示了好处,但娱乐芭蕾舞对跌倒风险的影响不太清楚.
研究的目的:
- 调查老年休芭蕾舞者与非舞者之间的跌倒风险和身体功能差异.
- 确定休芭蕾舞练习是否与预防跌倒相关的改善身体和认知结果有关.
主要方法:
- 一项横截面研究比较了20名老年成人芭蕾舞者 (≥55岁) 与23名年龄和性别匹配的非舞者.
- 跌倒风险评估包括跌倒史,身体功能测试 (五次坐立,定时起身,走动,腿部力量,身体活动) 和认知评估 (蒙特利尔认知评估).
主要成果:
- 在跳舞者和非跳舞者之间,回顾性跌倒史没有显著差异.
- 芭蕾舞者在五次坐立和定时起床测试中表现明显更好.
- 与非舞者相比,舞者表现出优越的膝盖延伸器和脚脚伸器力量和更高的身体活动水平.
- 认知评估得分在两组之间是相似的.
结论:
- 55岁及以上的休芭蕾舞者比他们的非舞者同龄人拥有更强的动态平衡和更大的腿部肌肉力量和力量.
- 芭蕾舞者在身体上也更活跃,这有助于改善他们的身体功能.
- 这些发现支持娱乐芭蕾舞的潜力,作为一种有效的干预措施,以改善身体功能和预防老年人群中的跌倒.
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