2024
Neurologic dance training and home exercise improve motor-cognitive dual-task function similarly, but through potentially different mechanisms, among breast cancer survivors with chemotherapy-induced neuropathy: Initial results of a randomized, controlled clinical trial.
Worthen-Chaudhari L, Crasta J, Schnell P, Lantis K, Martis J, Wilder J, Bland C, Hackney M, Lustberg M. Neurologic dance training and home exercise improve motor-cognitive dual-task function similarly, but through potentially different mechanisms, among breast cancer survivors with chemotherapy-induced neuropathy: Initial results of a randomized, controlled clinical trial. Journal Of Alzheimer's Disease 2024, 13872877241291440. PMID: 39584292, DOI: 10.1177/13872877241291440.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDual-task functionSurvivors of BCHome exercisesParticipants' ratings of perceived exertionSurvivors of breast cancerRating of perceived exertionTimed-Up-and-GoBreast cancer survivorsChemotherapy-induced neuropathyWeeks of interventionBreast cancerConventional exerciseDual-task performanceCancer survivorsIntervention adherencePhysical activityDance interventionAlzheimer's diseaseProdromal Alzheimer's diseaseSocial dancePhysical exertionParticipation ratesExerciseMonths follow-upFeasibility criteria
2023
Effect of Partnered Dance Intervention on Upper Extremity Outcomes for Breast Cancer Survivors With CIPN
Bland C, Worthen-Chaudhari L, Hackney M, Lustberg M, Crasta J. Effect of Partnered Dance Intervention on Upper Extremity Outcomes for Breast Cancer Survivors With CIPN. Archives Of Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation 2023, 104: e24. DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2022.12.067.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBreast cancer survivorsHand grip strengthGrip strengthCancer survivorsUpper extremity outcomesChemotherapy-induced neuropathyUpper extremity functionSenior Fitness TestCase seriesExtremity functionOutpatient oncologyBreast cancerJamar dynamometerMAIN OUTCOMEDance interventionDance-based interventionBalance deficitsFitness testsT-testCIPNTango danceInterventionSurvivorsOutcomesNeuropathy