NEUDONEURODANCE
Dancing Intervention to Ameliorate the Symptoms and Promote the Well-Being of Patients with Parkinson’s Disease and Related Neurodegenerative Disorders
ERASMUS-SPORT-2024 101185424
Project duration: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2027
Project value: EUR 400,000.00
Partner organizations:
- Science and Research Centre Koper (ZRS Koper), Slovenia – lead partner
- Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Trepetlika, Association of Patients with Parkinsonism and Other Extrapyramidal Disorders, Slovenia
- Alma Mater Europaea – Dance Academy, Slovenia
- University of Thessaly, Greece
- Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
- Association for Healthy Movement and Culture Ritmi planeta, Slovenia – associated partner
Description:
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is an incurable neurodegenerative disorder. Therapies that help manage symptoms and improve quality of life are therefore an important health intervention for both patients and their caregivers.
Through an interdisciplinary approach and certification process, the NeuroDance project aims to train teachers to lead adapted dance interventions for people with PD and other neurodegenerative disorders. The main objective of the project is to implement a five-month dance intervention each year in four countries. This will be further developed into a digital platform for long-term education and the dissemination of best practices.
Project website.