Abstract
With this work we intend to demonstrate the benefits and improvements in the bio-psycho-social state of people who practice Dance Movement Therapy compared to people who do conventional physical exercise, and people who do not directly carry out any type of regular physical activity; For this purpose, these three work groups will be used (made up of 10 people each group), establishing the age range of these participants between 25 and 55 years. Our aim is to separate the playful and creative factor that dance provides from the purely physical one. We carried out several intragroup assessments, one at the beginning, another half of the established period and another at the end of the study (with each group), using objectives and quantifiable parameters, such as: Satisfaction with Life Scale “SWLS”, Borg Scale of Perceived Effort, salivary cortisol levels (pre and post study assessment), serum lactate levels capillary (pre, intra and post study assessment), heart rate (assessment before and after each practical session), blood pressure (assessment before and after each practical session). Our results were encouraging in relation to cortisol, blood pressure levels and heart rate being favorable to Dance Therapy, as well as the results of the SWLS scale and the mood questionnaire; The participants defined our practice as a light effort aerobic exercise according to the Borg scale.
Presenters
Obdulia María Bustos RodríguezPhD Student, Medical Sciences, Universidad de la Laguna, Tenerife - España., Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain Marta María Sáez Casas
Student, Biotechnology, Universidad de La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain Sheila Gonzalez Salvatierra
Postdoctoral Researcher, Endocrinology and Nutrition Unit, Hospital, Málaga, Spain Norberto Marrero Gordillo
Researcher and Teacher, Basic Medical Science, University of La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
BENEFITS, EXERCISE, DANCE, MOVEMENT, THERAPY, STRESS, CORTISOL, BLOOD, PRESSURE
