Argentine tango: Another behavioral addiction?

Argentine tango: Another behavioral addiction?

BACKGROUND Behavioral addiction is an emerging concept based on the resemblance between symptoms or feelings provided by drugs and those obtained with various behaviors such as gambling, etc. Following an observational study of a tango dancer exhibiting criteria of dependence on this dance, we performed a survey to assess whether this case was unique or frequently encountered in the tango danci...

Automatic Tempo-based Classification of Argentine Tango Music

Tempo-based classification is a popular technique to classify music, with applications in media-art projects, systematic study of music etc. The success of this technique using dance music genres has typically been found to be over 70%, yet it was mostly evaluated using standardized music genres, such as ballroom music. Argentine tango is a music genre, originating in Buenos Aires at the end of...

Therapeutic Argentine Tango Dancing for People with Mild Parkinson’s Disease: A Feasibility Study

BACKGROUND Individuals living with Parkinson's disease (PD) can experience a range of movement disorders that affect mobility and balance and increase the risk of falls. Low health-related quality of life, depression, and anxiety are more common in people with PD than age-matched comparisons. Therapeutic dance is a form of physical activity believed to facilitate movement and therapy uptake. As...

Argentine tango in Parkinson disease – a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease with increasing motor and non-motor symptoms in advanced stages. In addition to conventional exercise therapy and drug treatment, Argentine Tango (AT) is discussed as an appropriate intervention for patients to improve physical functioning and health-related quality of life. This review aimed to summarize the current research re...

Running head: LOW FREQUENCY EEG OF TANGO DANCERS AND NON-DANCERS 1 Low Frequency EEG Analysis of Argentine Tango Dancers and Non-Dancers