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Price: EUR 185.00Authors: Filar-Mierzwa, Katarzyna | Marchewka, Anna | Dąbrowski, Zbigniew | Bac, Aneta | Marchewka, Jakub
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to analyse the effects of dance movement therapy exercises (DMT) on the rheological properties of blood in elderly women. METHODS: The study encompassed group of women (mean aged: 67 years), who were subjected to three-month dance movement therapy programme (n = 20). Blood samples from all the women were examined for their haematological, rheological, and biochemical parameters both prior to the study and three months thereafter. RESULTS: DMT did not cause statistically significant differences in the number of erythrocytes, thrombocytes, leukocytes and the haematocrit value. DMT affected …the rheological parameters of the blood in elderly women, improving the erythrocyte deformability at the lowest shear stress value and reducing the half-time of the total aggregation. Plasma viscosity and concentration of fibrinogen did not change after dance therapy. CONCLUSIONS: DMT modulate rheological properties of blood of older women. The results of this study suggest that physical exercise program for older women can prevent unfavorable age-related changes. Some indicators such as the haematological parameters, plasma viscosity and fibrinogen level were not affected by DMT in older women, suggesting the maintenance of homeostasis. Show more
Keywords: Dance movement therapy, elderly women, erythrocyte deformability, haemorheology, plasma viscosity
DOI: 10.3233/CH-180470
Citation: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 211-219, 2019
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