Workshops organized around this dance seem to delay the symptoms of Azheimer's disease. A study is under way to demonstrate this scientifically.
Ten thousand steps and more. Tango is life, the present moment. Speech of dancers anyway. What if this sensual dance could delay the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and even affect the health of the elderly affected by these disorders? The question seems daring. And yet ...
The story begins at the Abbey of La Prée (Indre) in 2013. Every summer, patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease, who attend the day center of the association Ose, come to make stays in this building which belongs to the Little Brothers of the Poor. Dance workshops are organized. They cross the path of documentary filmmaker Anne Bramard-Blagny (ABB Reports). Touched by what she sees, she films them. His documentary is La Melody of Alzheimer's. We see people transform themselves, smile, resume a taste for life, having sketched a few steps with Carolina Udoviko, professor and herself tango dancer, who directs these workshops.
"It is known since the 1940s that dance can delay the symptoms of aging, but what are its levers to maintain in a state of cognitive and physical health the best possible? "Asks Hervé Platel, a professor of neuropsychology, who has worked on the links between music and the brain. With other researchers from Inserm and CNRS, he followed the dancers of La Prée. For this team, "alchemy is certain, but it must be demonstrated! "
This is what France Mourey, a researcher at Inserm at the University of Burgundy-Franche-Comté, and Danilo Spada (CNRS) are studying. Tango workshops have been offered to elderly dependents in eight locations. About 300 people suffering from Alzheimer's disease or related disorders. The project was even presented last week at the Institute of Cognitive Neurology in Buenos Aires, capital of the tango, which saw him ...
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