Dance-based Exercise Participation and Frailty

Abstract

Background: Aging is often deemed a declining state. But can dance participation in any form impact emergent or prevailing frailty among the older population?

Approach: A scoping review was conducted using the key words: dance, dance therapy, frailty, healthy aging, and older adults. Databases used were PubMed, PubMed Central and Google Scholar.

Results: Dance is a health fostering mode of activity that has been shown to impact cognitive and physical frailty, regardless of mode and population studied.

Conclusion: Dance participation is a health affirming activity that should be recommended for frailty prevention and mitigation albeit earlier rather than later, and for promoting healthy happy aging.