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| Title |
Can social dancing prevent falls in older adults? a protocol of the Dance, Aging, Cognition, Economics (DAnCE) fall prevention randomised controlled trial
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, May 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-13-477 |
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| Authors |
Dafna Merom, Robert Cumming, Erin Mathieu, Kaarin J Anstey, Chris Rissel, Judy M Simpson, Rachael L Morton, Ester Cerin, Catherine Sherrington, Stephen R Lord |
| Abstract |
Falls are one of the most common health problems among older people and pose a major economic burden on health care systems. Exercise is an accepted stand-alone fall prevention strategy particularly if it is balance training or regular participation in Tai chi. Dance shares the 'holistic' approach of practices such as Tai chi. It is a complex sensorimotor rhythmic activity integrating multiple physical, cognitive and social elements. Small-scale randomised controlled trials have indicated that diverse dance styles can improve measures of balance and mobility in older people, but none of these studies has examined the effect of dance on falls or cognition. This study aims to determine whether participation in social dancing: i) reduces the number of falls; and ii) improves cognitive functions associated with fall risk in older people. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 24 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 6 | 25% |
| United States | 3 | 13% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| Australia | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 13 | 54% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 18 | 75% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 17% |
| Scientists | 2 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 421 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Croatia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 416 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 67 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 65 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 39 | 9% |
| Researcher | 31 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 25 | 6% |
| Other | 78 | 19% |
| Unknown | 116 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 78 | 19% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 51 | 12% |
| Sports and Recreations | 44 | 10% |
| Psychology | 40 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 19 | 5% |
| Other | 54 | 13% |
| Unknown | 135 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 19. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 September 2019.
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#1,858,915
of 24,520,187 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#2,080
of 16,200 outputs
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#15,263
of 198,490 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#24
of 288 outputs
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