J 2019

Cognitive effects of dance-movement intervention in a mixed group of seniors are not dependent on hippocampal atrophy

KROPÁČOVÁ, Sylvie, Kristína MITTEROVÁ, Patrícia KLOBUŠIAKOVÁ, Luboš BRABENEC, Ľubomíra ANDERKOVÁ et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Cognitive effects of dance-movement intervention in a mixed group of seniors are not dependent on hippocampal atrophy

Authors

KROPÁČOVÁ, Sylvie (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Kristína MITTEROVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Patrícia KLOBUŠIAKOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Luboš BRABENEC (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Ľubomíra ANDERKOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Nela NĚMCOVÁ ELFMARKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Zuzana BALÁŽOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Ivan REKTOR (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Roman GRMELA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Lenka SVOBODOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Pavlína VACULÍKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Irena REKTOROVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Journal of Neural Transmission, WIEN, SPRINGER WIEN, 2019, 0300-9564

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30103 Neurosciences

Country of publisher

Austria

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.505

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14740/19:00108544

Organization unit

Central European Institute of Technology

UT WoS

000492662200009

Keywords in English

Dance-movement intervention; Aging; Mild cognitive impairment; Executive function; MRI; Hippocampus-to-cortex volume ratio

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 27/4/2021 19:06, Mgr. Pavla Foltynová, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

Dance-movement intervention (DMI) offers multi-component stimulation of cognitive functions, and it may ameliorate cognitive deficits in the elderly. We investigated the effects of intensive DMI on the cognitive performances of healthy seniors (HS) and patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). In addition, we evaluated whether the baseline MRI hippocampus-to-cortex volume (HV:CTV) ratio (i.e., a marker of a typical AD-specific brain atrophy and of distribution of neurofibrillary tangles in the brain) has any impact on the DMI-induced cognitive changes. The research cohort consisted of 99 subjects who were randomly assigned (in a 1:1 ratio) to a DMI group or to a control (life-as-usual) group. The DMI group consisted of 49 subjects with an average age of 69.16 years (SD = 5.36), of which 34 were HS (69.4%) and 15 had MCI (30.6%). The control group consisted of 50 subjects aged 68.37 years (SD = 6.10), of which 31 were HC (62%) and 19 (38%) had MCI. The DMI group underwent a 6-month intervention, which consisted of 60 lessons supervised by a qualified instructor. Statistical analysis yielded a significant improvement of the figural fluency task as measured by the five-point test in the DMI group as compared to the control group [t (97) = 2.72; p = 0.008]. The baseline HV:CTV ratio was not associated with cognitive changes on that task or with changes in any cognitive domain's Z scores. We observed DMI-induced effect on the test evaluating executive functions across the spectrum of HS and MCI, which was not dependent on the magnitude of AD-related brain pathology.

Links

EF16_013/0001775, research and development project
Name: Modernizace a podpora výzkumných aktivit národní infrastruktury pro biologické a medicínské zobrazování Czech-BioImaging
NV15-33854A, research and development project
Name: Efekt intenzivní tanečně-pohybové intervence na kognitivní funkce a změny mozkové plasticity zdravých seniorů a pacientů s mírnou kognitivní poruchou