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Dance exergames

Intervention

1 paper2 findings

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  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Human trial1

Outcomes

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Mood state

upin humans1

1 study

  1. Dance exergames improve mood state in humans.

    “training with a dance exergame (for, EG) and manual activities (for, CG) is enough to promote improvements in the mood state of healthy elderly women.”

    Human trialhealthy elderly women; improvement over time, not an intervention-specific effectDance Central 3 with XBOX 360 Kinecttwo weekly sessions of 50 min; 24 sessions12 weeksfemalesn = 9

    Effects of twelve weeks of dance Exergames on the quality-of-life variables of elderly Brazilian women enrolled in a community program

    Journal of bodywork and movement therapiesMay 11, 2023

Functional fitness

no changein humans1

1 study

  1. Dance exergames have no effect on functional fitness in humans.

    “both exercise training with exergame (EG) and the intervention model for the CG did not produce significant effects regarding interaction (group*time).”

    Human trialcompared with manual activities workshopsDance Central 3 with XBOX 360 Kinecttwo weekly sessions of 50 min; 24 sessions12 weeksfemalesn = 9

    Effects of twelve weeks of dance Exergames on the quality-of-life variables of elderly Brazilian women enrolled in a community program

    Journal of bodywork and movement therapiesMay 11, 2023

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