Dance for balance

Compared in the reviewR5 · 17 full-text papers, 18 abstract-only

At least one paper behind this review states what this option was measured against. That is not a ranking, and this option carries no evidence profile of its own.

Requirements it fills

static balance
Neuromotor · 1 paper put it here

How it is performed

Conducted over 3 months, significantly reduced postural sway in an eyes-open condition.
Sam Guoshi Liang, Joman Chung Man Chow, N. M. Leung et al. (2024) · Physical Therapy · 10.1093/ptj/pzae157
The Effects of Ankle and Foot Exercises on Ankle Strength, Balance, and Falls in Older People: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Folk dancing (including dances from various countries) and ballroom dancing (including Rock and Roll, Foxtrot, Waltz, Salsa, and Rumba).
D. Merom, E. Mathieu, E. Cerin et al. (2016) · PLoS Medicine · 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002112
Social Dancing and Incidence of Falls in Older Adults: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial
Latin/waltz classes, 45 to 60 minutes, once a week.
Robert Çitozi, Klajdi Xhebexhiu (2024) · Arena - Journal of Physical Activities · 10.62591/ajpa.2023.12.01
Impact Of Walking And The OTAGO Exercise Program On Improving Balance Parameters In The Elderly

Dose

Nothing states what this option's dose measures — no library step prescribes this option and its review states no dose unit.

Dose and time, as the papers state it

Median 56% (approximately 45 sessions)
D. Merom, E. Mathieu, E. Cerin et al. (2016) · PLoS Medicine · 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002112
Social Dancing and Incidence of Falls in Older Adults: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial

Equipment

Equipment is a property of the movement and is authored, never derived from the evidence corpus (docs/research/round2/ROUND2_KNOWN_CORRECTIONS.md §1). This option resolves to no catalogue exercise, so nothing has authored it yet.

Level and prerequisites

No row states a level or a prerequisite for this option.

Progression and regression

No row states how to make this option harder or easier.

Who should not do this

The papers behind this option report nothing on contraindications, which is not the same as saying there are none.

Setting, as the studies used it

No row describes the setting.

What the papers compared it with

Tai Chi — a paper measured this option against it
“and Tai Chi” · C. Sherrington, N. Fairhall, Geraldine Wallbank et al. (2016) · 10.1002/14651858.CD012424.pub2
Tandem stance / walking — a paper measured this option against it
“and walking” · T. Shubert (2011) · 10.1519/JPT.0b013e31822938ac
Otago Exercise Programme — a paper called these interchangeable
“or interchangeable with the OTAGO program” · Robert Çitozi, Klajdi Xhebexhiu (2024) · 10.62591/ajpa.2023.12.01

A paper measuring one option against another does not make the two interchangeable, and it does not say which to choose. These are listed as what the papers did, and nothing here proposes a substitution.