A culturally-specific dance intervention to increase functional capacity in African American women
Murrock, C.J.; Gary, F.A.
Journal of cultural diversity 15(4): 168-173
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 1071-5568 PMID: 19202718 Document Number: 615316
This study examined a culturally-specific dance intervention on functional capacity in African American women at three time points. The intervention was two times per week for 8 weeks using two African American churches randomly assigned to either the experimental or comparison group, had 126 participants, ages 36-82 years. Analysis of covariance revealed that both groups improved over time and the only significant difference between groups was at 18 weeks. The increase at 18 weeks in the experimental group remained when controlling for baseline covariates. This study supported culturally-specific dance as an intervention to improve functional capacity in African American women.