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Scottish country dance

Intervention

1 paper3 findings

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  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Humans1

Outcomes

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Static balance

no changein humans1

1 study

  1. Scottish country dance has no effect on static balance in humans.

    “Body composition and static balance were the same for all groups.”

    Human trialfemales

    Scottish country dance: benefits to functional ability in older women

    Journal of aging and physical activity26 Mar 2013

Body composition

no changein humans1

1 study

  1. Scottish country dance has no effect on body composition in humans.

    “Body composition and static balance were the same for all groups.”

    Human trialfemales

    Scottish country dance: benefits to functional ability in older women

    Journal of aging and physical activity26 Mar 2013

Functional ability

upin humans1

1 study

  1. Scottish country dance improves functional ability in humans.

    “while older dancers performed similarly to younger dancers, older physically active nondancers performed poorer than their younger counterparts (p < .05).”

    Human trialfemales

    Scottish country dance: benefits to functional ability in older women

    Journal of aging and physical activity26 Mar 2013

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