Older women encouraged to dance to reduce their risk of disability

( Natural News ) No one’s too old to dance. In fact, dancing can be beneficial to seniors, especially older women. Researchers from Japan and Korea report that dancing can greatly reduce the risk of disability for activities of daily living in older women. Exercise has been known to reduce the risk of disability, but the degree of associations between particular exercise types and such risk remains unknown. Therefore, the study looked at the potential effects of 16 different types of exercise may have in reducing disability for activities of daily living (ADL) in older women. In conducting the study, the researchers enrolled 1,003 community-dwelling older Japanese women without ADL disability. They defined ADL disability as dependence in at least one everyday task, such as bathing, dressing, eating, toileting, or walking. Before the actual study, all participants underwent a face-to-face interview in which they were asked whether or not they participated in any of 16 exercise types. The results of the study showed that after eight years of follow-up, 130 participants were reported to have a disability for activities of daily living. Those who participated in dancing were 73 percent less likely to develop disability for activities of daily living. However, the researchers did not find any significant links between other exercise types and activities of daily living disability. The reason behind this remains unknown, but the researchers argue that dancing has various elements that may have contributed to the effect. “Dancing requires not only balance, strength, and endurance ability, but also cognitive ability: adaptability and concentration to move according to the music and partner, artistry for graceful and fluid motion, and memory for choreography,” said Yosuke Osuka, lead author of the study. 100% organic essential oil sets now available for your home and personal care, including Rosemary, Oregano, […]

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