Group dance interventions for community dwelling older adults to prevent and treat sarcopenia: a mixed methods systematic review.

Geroscience · 2026 · PMC12972438 · PMID 41530450

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a favorable trendno p-value reported

Four RCTs [ 40 , 47 , 48 , 53 ] were included in the meta-analysis, showing a favorable trend for dance but without statistical significance and with high heterogeneity (72%).

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While dance interventions demonstrated a positive trend in some studies, particularly when compared to education [ 47 ], the overall meta-analysis results for the SLT were not statistically significant (SMD = 0.24, 95% CI: −0.50, 0.99) (Fig. 2 ).

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

[ 48 ] showed weaker performance in the dance group compared to the walking group, although the results did not reach statistical significance.

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