Tango helps in improving balance and mobility. People having Parkinson’s disease when took part in the regular “tango dance” classes for a period of twenty days demonstrated significant improvements in their mobility and balance. The outcomes were more significant as the rate of improvements was much better compared to the he results obtained by regular conventional exercise schedules in same people.
Researchers at the Washington university school of Medicine’ in St. Louis made a thorough comparison of the effects of “Argentine tango dance “classes with the “functional mobility” classes among 19 participants who were suffering from the Parkinson’s disease. Findings of the study have also been published in detail in the “Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy”.
