Experimental Gerontology

A 12-week dance intervention to improve quality of life and depressive symptoms in institutionalized older adults: A multicenter pilot study PASAPAS

By Émilie Gadéa, Sidi Graoui, Eric Luneau, Marie-Claire Ombret

Non-randomised trial in 170 peopleInterventions

12 weeks, multicentre

The paper

Émilie Gadéa, Sidi Graoui, Eric Luneau, Marie-Claire Ombret

Centre hospitalier Emile Roux

Experimental Gerontology, 7 Oct 2026

doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2026.113342 PubMed 42843433

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