Ageing and Folk Dances from the Basque Country: Functional and neuropsychological changes. A controlled trial.

• Register: ANZCTR
• Last refreshed on: 4 July 2017
• Main ID: ACTRN12617000858392
• Date of registration: 09/06/2017
• Prospective Registration: Yes
• Primary sponsor: Basque Country University
• Public title: Ageing and Folk Dances from the Basque Country: Functional and neuropsychological changes. A controlled trial.
• Scientific title: Folk dances from the Basque Country and habitual physical activity to impove sensorimotor, and neurophsychological performance in a population sample of community living adults over 60 years'
• Date of first enrolment: 19/06/2017
• Target sample size: 100
• Recruitment status: Not yet recruiting
• URL: http://www.anzctr.org.au/ACTRN12617000858392.aspx
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Non-randomised trial Parallel
• Phase: Not Applicable

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Prevention of cognitive decline in older adults

Prevention of Physical and functional decline in older adults

Physiological Fall risk

Intervention(s)

The intervention group participants will be enrolled for the first time in Folk dances from the Basque Country. The lessons will be taken in official schools. They will receive lessons in groups delivered by a licenced experienced dance professor that supervise and control each lesson during the intervention period.
The participants receive one dance lesson of 90 min per week for 32 weeks.
The lessons are performed in stable groups of 12-14 participants per lesson leaded by the same professor.
To monitor adherence a registry of attendance to dance lessons will be used.
To analyse the intensity of dance lessons and obtain heart rate watches and heart rate sensors will be used every 10 classes.
The participants will be encouraged to continue with their habitual routines, and regular activities including physical activities.