Introduction: In recent decades, the age structure of the population has changed dramatically around the world and also in Slovenia. The population of the elderly worldwide is growing due to the lower birth rate. Ageing is a natural and progressive process of the human body, which cannot be avoided, but the consequences of its process can be slowed to some extent by regular physical activity. Dance based activities are considered useful in old people with different diagnoses and medical conditions on the motor and cognitive skills. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to study the impact of dance based activities on body and cognition of old people. To examinate contribution of dance based activities on posturale control, decrease fall risk factors, cognitive and motor skills. Methods: In this thesis, we used a systematic overview of liturature using the PRISMA model. The udes search time frame was from 2006 to 2020. The search for suitable studies was carried out with the keywords: »old people«, »seniors«, »elderly«, »benefits«, »dance«, »balance«, »occupational therapy«, »dance movement therapy«, »leisure time« in databases Google Scholar, DiKUL, ScienceDirect, PubMed, ResearchGate, Elsevier in Cochrane. There were 16 scientific articles included in the final analysis. Results: Dance based activities have proven to be effective in maintaining and improving the process and motor skills of postural control, which in turn leads to a decrease fall risk factors and a higher quality of life. Dance based activities have a great contribution to old people with dementia, Parkinson's disease and problems with process and motor skills. With introduction dance based activities to old people, they improved the processes of emotional, process, physical and social integration. Discussion and Conclusion: Dance based activities contribute significantly to the autonomy of the performance of depression, anxiety, Parkinson's disease and dementia. Through dance based activities the occupational therapist can more easily approach more reserved old people, because music and dance as an occupational therapy medium allow for relaxing atmosphere and direct relaxation od old people in dance based activities.
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