If you want to help your older adult clients move more, promote fun activities like easy aerobic dance classes, and share that even one session is proven to improve cognitive function. Researchers in Japan compared the benefits of 10-minute intermittent aerobic dance exercise with continuous dance exercise and found that both forms of exercise improved cognitive function, but exercise enjoyment and pleasant mood levels were higher with the intermittent dance program.
Study authors recommend implementing more intermittent dance exercise programs because they may have higher adherence rates (since participants found them more enjoyable). Study limitations include lack of a resting control group and the small sample size.
The study is published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience (2021; 13 [723243]).
See also: Dance Benefits Older Adults
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