A Novel Neurorehabilitation model designed to examine the Neural Plasticity involved in ParkinsonA Novel Neurorehabilitation model designed to examine the Neural Plasticity involved in Parkinson's diseases disease

2^nd Global Summit on Neurology and Neuroscience

January 24-25, 2022 | Webinar

Karolina A. Bearss

York University, Multisensory Neuroscience Laboratory, Canada

ScientificTracks Abstracts: Neurosci

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that is most often characterised for its motor impairments. However, people with PD (PwPD) often experience a range of mental health and non-motor issues. Dance with music has been shown to positively impact and improve PD motor symptoms with our observations extending to three years. Using behavioral, motor and EEG approaches, I will present three separate experiments to examine the effects of dance in PwPD. In the first study, short-term behavioral changes and overall QoL after a 12-week dance intervention will be presented (Bearss et al., 2017). For the second study both functional and behavioural measures along with EEG alpha rhythm brain changes will be exhibited after participation in a single 75-minute dance class. Finally, a third longitudinal study displaying PD symptom changes in functional and behavioural measures (Bearss & DeSouza., 2021), along with EEG alpha rhythm changes over a longer 3-year period of dance participation will be explored. The results of these studies strengthen the idea of dance being implemented as an additional therapy for PwPD and the possibility of neuroplastic changes occurring in the diseased brain that essentially slow down the progression of PD

Biography

Karolina A. Bearss is from York University, Multisensory Neuroscience Laboratory, Canada.

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