期刊名称：Giornale italiano di educazione alla salute, sport e didattica inclusiva
印刷版ISSN：2532-3296
出版年度：2022
卷号：6
期号：1
DOI：10.32043/gsd.v6i1.507
语种：English
出版社：Edizioni Universitarie Romane
摘要：Rhythmic acoustic stimulation promotes an improvement in postural stability during walking in healthy elderly people by enhancing synchronisation processes in the brain. Similarly, dance-based movement therapies have been shown to embellish motor skills including stability, coordination, joint mobility, and muscle strength in elderly people in both healthy and pathological conditions. In the present study, we investigated the ability of 13 healthy elderly people, who practice dance at an amateur level twice a week, to synchronise their gait to a rhythmic acoustic stimulation. Our aim was to assess, through 3D gait analysis, whether the years of dance practice would affect the subjects’ motor performance and specifically their synchronisation ability. Our results highlighted that elderly people who have been dancing for a longer time showed a better ability to synchronise with the acoustic stimulus and displayed a better dynamic stability during gait.
