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The increased life expectancy is associated with an increase in multiple chronic conditions, such as functional disability, need for help, reduced mobility, depression, isolation and loneliness. It is considered necessary to give particular attention in order to observe changes to services and facilities aimed at the elderly, to design and to implement appropriate health programs initially on prevention and continuously on treatment to achieve a satisfactory level of quality of life and a significant improvement and facilitation in their daily life. The traditional dance which is a health program that is very close to the interests of the elderly, could promote their health and contribute to the maximum delay of aging. The aim of this work was to investigate whether the elderly can participate in traditional dance programs using new technologies, effectively promoting active aging and pursuing an autonomous and independent living. Fifty-one (51) elderly women participated in this study and they were divided into two groups, the first group was the traditional classical dance intervention [26 elderly, age 66.23 (SD = 4.46), years of education 7.38 (SD = 2.15)] and the second was the dance intervention group using the technology [25 elderly, age 67.12 (SD = 4.43), years of education 11.08 (SD = 4.24)]. The interventions lasted 24 weeks with a frequency of 2 times per week in sessions of 75-min at a Day Care Centers. Both groups improved their aerobic capacity, but the Dance group also improved their sociability, preventing falls, while reducing their depression. The technology exists in the lives of most people but for elderly the last years become an attempt to approach this situation through health or education programs to familiarize them with technology and leaving social exclusion.
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This work was supported in part by the UNCAP Horizon 2020 project (grant number 643555), as well as, the business exploitation scheme of the ICT-PSP funded project LLM, namely, LLM Care which is a self-funded initiative at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (www.llmcare.gr).
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Zilidou, V.I., Ziagkas, E., Konstantinidis, E.I., Bamidis, P.D., Douka, S., Tsiatsos, T. (2019). Integrating Technology into Traditional Dance for the Elderly. In: Auer, M., Tsiatsos, T. (eds) The Challenges of the Digital Transformation in Education. ICL 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 917. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11935-5_28
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