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Dance as an Intervention to Improve Physical and Cognitive Functioning in Older Adults

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Funding sources: Eduardo Lusa Cadore is supported by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq, Brazil).

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  1. Exercise Research Laboratory (LAPEX), School of Physical Education, Physiotherapy and Dance, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    E. Blanco-Rambo & E. L. Cadore

  2. Navarrabiomed, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra (CHN), Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain

    Mikel Izquierdo

  3. CIBER of Frailty and Healthy Aging (CIBERFES), Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

    Mikel Izquierdo

  4. Department of Health Sciences Public University of Navarra, Av. De Barañain s/n, 31008, Pamplona (Navarra), Spain

    Mikel Izquierdo

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Correspondence to Mikel Izquierdo.

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Blanco-Rambo, E., Izquierdo, M. & Cadore, E.L. Dance as an Intervention to Improve Physical and Cognitive Functioning in Older Adults. J Nutr Health Aging 27, 75–76 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12603-022-1873-x

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