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
2019
Partnered, adapted argentine tango dance for cancer survivors: A feasibility study and pilot study of efficacy
Worthen-Chaudhari L, Lamantia M, Monfort S, Mysiw W, Chaudhari A, Lustberg M. Partnered, adapted argentine tango dance for cancer survivors: A feasibility study and pilot study of efficacy. Clinical Biomechanics 2019, 70: 257-264. PMID: 31751861, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2019.08.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer survivorsPostural controlCOP measuresMean satisfaction rateNeurotoxic cancer treatmentsBalance training programPostural control deficitsTango danceHalf of participantsPreliminary efficacySensorimotor trainingNormal rangePromising treatmentPressure measuresQuiet standingSatisfaction rateBalance deficitsCancer treatmentPilot studySurvivorsMore sessionsFeasibility criteriaTango classesControl deficitsMore studies