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The activating therapies traditionally include physiotherapy, ergotherapy and speech therapy. But there are also some additional activities that activate and support the classic therapies - such as dancing. Personal activity and movement in everyday life should not be underestimated.
Aside from the fun factor and the social similarities, dancing in general covers a great many basic functional exercises that are good for everyone. In addition, they have a reducing effect on some forms of the disease: (Hackney & Earhart, 2009, 2010)
Stable walking
Walk forwards and backwards
Lunging and Protection Steps
Start and stop sequences to bridge freezing
Dual Tasks
Coordination of different parts of the body
Training of body awareness and body perception
Memory training by remembering the steps and sequences
In addition to the "hidden" training, various factors in dancing make it more meaningful. Different types of cueing take place: the music as an acoustic cue, the course leader as a visual cue, the partner supports with tactile cueing. In addition, the music speaks
different brain areas up to our emotion center, which means that our brain is active on different levels and emotions influence motor learning. Instead of our "brooding network" (default mode network), the "sensory perception network"
(Direct-Experience-Network) active during dancing, which releases more positive chemical processes in the body (Schlafhorst, 2020). Dancing, especially in a group, has a biopsychosocial effect.
So much for dancing itself. But why now?neurotango"?
Simone Schlafhorst's Neurotango concept is a tool-based system with the simplest movement techniques with an embodiment effect
(Effects on psychological and biochemical processes), which are borrowed from the Argentine tango, which in turn has good studies on the symptoms of Parkinson's. The concept can also be adapted to sitting and lying down, with the focus then moving away from dancing towards music and entertainment
Rhythm exercises is shifted and thereby stimulate the brain. The concept is preceded by three warm-up exercises that stimulate brain activity for motor and cognitive learning ability: Abilities and skills such as memory, attention, concentration, coordination and speed are promoted in dual tasks and through rhythm training. Thereafter, both individual exercises and pair dance exercises take place. The concept includes 15 tools that have been created from tango figures in broken down exercises. For example, starting and stopping difficulties in the “2-axis system” can be practiced using acoustic and cognitive strategies, or lunges using the
"Apperentida". Some symptoms can be linked and trained very well with certain tools - without it being a clear training. It offers people with different requirements and abilities the opportunity to dance with their partner, to become part of a group and, regardless of the illness, to do something for the illness with joy - because dancing is fun, dancing activates and dancing promotes or challenges.
Hackney, ME & Earhart, GM (2009). Effects of Dance on Movement Control in Parkinson's Disease:
A Comparison of Argentine Tango and American Ballroom. In: Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 41
(6) 475 - 481
Hackney, ME & Earhart, GM (2010). Effects of Dance on Gait and Balance in Parkinson's Disease: A
Comparison of Partnered and Non-Partnered Dance Movement. In: Neurorehabilitation and Neural
Repair. 24(4) 384-392
Schlafhorst-Biermann, S. (2023). The perfect Therapy
Further theoretical background: Tango therapy in science
Kristina van Eyck, June 2023
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