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Volume 8
Kazue Sawami et al., Asian J Biomed Pharmaceut Sci 2018, Volume 8 | DOI: 10.4066/2249-622X-C2-006
DANCE AND ROBOT THERAPY FOR
COGNITIVE ABILITY
Kazue Sawami
1
, Kimura M
1
, Kitamura T
1
, Kawaguchi M
1
, Suishu
C
2
, Morisaki N
3
and
Hattori S
4
1
Nara Medical University, Japan
2
Shubun University, Japan
3
Himeji University, Japan
4
Wakayama Medical University, Japan
Introduction:
Our preliminary trial revealed the correlation between cognitive
ability and active ability, blood vessel age, and stress. From this result, a
method to eliminate stress and favorably influence blood vessels and activity
capacity was examined. We developed a method where elderly participants
danced to familiar music while executing brain training tasks. Furthermore,
we considered how this brain training dance could be done alongside a robot
for a healing effect.
Methods:
For comparison before and after the intervention, a cognitive ability
test was used. A ten-word memory test measured immediate reproduction
and delayed reproduction. A code conversion test and word recall test
were also used. Then, impressions and the demand for robot therapy were
investigated.
Results:
The brain training dance continued once a month for three months,
and cognitive tests were conducted before and after. Data of 102 people were
analyzed. The score of the cognitive test items (immediate memory, delay
of memory, recurrence of transcoding) was analyzed by a paired t-test and
showed significant improvement after therapy (p<0.05). Responses were
received from 62 people for the free description of the robot therapy. 24 of the
largest people wanted robots as partners, 15 people healed through heart-
to-heart interaction, eight people healed through dancing and singing, four
people trained their brains, and four people wanted body care.
Discussion & Conclusion:
The brain training dance to familiar music improved
cognitive abilities. This activity can relieve stress. Following this study, we
want to evolve the brain training dance that the robot can do and increase the
volume of fun activities available to the elderly.
Kazue Sawami is a Professor at Nara Medical
University and completed her PhD at Health Science.
Her research is about the cognitive abilities of elderly
people.
sawami@naramed-u.ac.jpBIOGRAPHY