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The Ballet Academy in Stockholm has in recent years offered dance courses for people with Parkinson's disease. The Competence Center for Culture and Health is making an investment so that more people can take part in the courses. The Dance for Parkinson's method is a complement to other treatment for people living with Parkinson's disease. Balance, mobility and precision are examples of things that you train in dance and which are also important to train as a Parkinson's patient. The Competence Center for Culture and Health subsidizes participation fees during 2020-21 so that more people can take part in the Ballet Academy's Dance for Parkinson's courses. Together with Karlstad University, they will also evaluate the effects of dance to gain more knowledge about how Dance for Parkinson's can become a complement or part of other treatment.
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The research shows positive effects of dance for people with Parkinson's disease regarding quality of life, motor skills and cognition. However, little is known about the underlying neural mechanisms, and that is what the new studies aim to respond.