NCT05904171Completed
Cognitive, Affective, and Motor Effects of Tangotherapy in Parkinson's Disease
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 3 Sept 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Neuroscientific research has shown a close relationship between physical fitness and cognition, showing a positive effect of physical activity (e.g., aerobic activity) on the maintenance of psycho-cognitive well-being in the elderly. In particular, dancing seems to be very effective, as it involves both motor and multisensory aspects (touch, sight, hearing, proprioception), stimulating memory, motor learning and social interaction. In fact, dance increases sensory-motor skills and cognitive performance in the neurologically healthy elderly. Dance-based therapeutic approaches, in particular Argentine tango, have also been implemented in the context of neurodegenerative pathologies, including Parkinson's disease (PD) where motor (i.e., tremors, postural instability, motor slowdown) and cognitive difficulties (e.g., executive deficits) may coexist. Most of these studies have so far demonstrated a significant improvement in balance and a reduction in motor symptoms, while evidence regarding cognitive and emotional benefits brought about by dance remains limited. When investigated, cognitive benefits have often been evaluated at the level of global cognition (i.e., screening tests), without a detailed characterization of the effects of tango on cognitive and affective functioning (e.g., executive functions, social cognition, depressive symptoms), central aspects in Parkinson's disease.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 45 (actual)
- First submitted
- 25 May 2023
- Start date
- 20 Feb 2023
- Primary completion date
- 9 May 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Istituto Auxologico Italiano
- Diseases
- Parkinson disease
- NCT number
- NCT05904171
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 45
- From 20 Feb 2023 to the primary completion date, 9 May 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Having attended Physical Therapy rehabilitation in the past month;
- Deep Brain Stimulation of infusion pumps implants
Other illness
- Other neurological diseases (e.g., stroke, traumatic brain injury, brain tumors)
- Dementia
- Any clinical condition not compatible with physical activity
Other
- Having attended Argentine Tango classes in the past year;
Who the study is looking for
- Clinical diagnosis of mild-moderate Parkinson's Disease (modified Hoehn\&Yahr Scale 1-3)
Age in the registry: 40 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Unknown status |
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