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Acute Physiological Effects of Greek Traditional Dancing

NCT06260124 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2025-06-11

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Summary

In Greece, people of different age groups, including young children to older adults, are involved in traditional dance. To date, the well-know benefits of dancing include entertainment, socialization and increased physical activity. However, the acute effects of Greek traditional dancing on health, physical performance and muscle damage indices remain largely unknown. Therefore, the aim of this project is to evaluate the acute effect of Greek traditional dancing on health-, physical performance-, and muscle damage-related parameters by considering the impact of dancing tempo (slow vs moderate vs fast). In a crossover repeated measures design 10 pre- and 10 post-menopausal women will participate in the three dancing sessions of different tempo in a random order.

Conditions

  • Menopause
  • Cardiovascular Health
  • Body Composition
  • Physical Performance
  • Muscle Damage

Interventions

OTHER

Slow tempo

A single Greek traditional dance of slow tempo lasting 3-4 minutes.

OTHER

Moderate tempo

A single Greek traditional dance of moderate tempo lasting 3-4 minutes.

OTHER

Fast tempo

A single Greek traditional dance of fast tempo lasting 3-4 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Thessaly

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dimitrios Draganidis, PhD · University of Thessaly, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-04-10
Primary Completion
2025-02-15
Completion
2025-05-30

Countries

  • Greece

Study Locations

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