Parkinson's disease

Kinesiology of Balance: Understanding Implications of Targeted Dance Therapy on Proprioception

For some, balancing on one leg is easy. However, take away a person’s sight and this task becomes more challenging. Strip away a person’s sense of hearing as well, and the task that used to be “easy” is now quite difficult. How do dancers make the act of balancing seem so effortless?

Issue 20

Just Dance, It'll be Okay

It starts with the hand lift – the body moves with the melody while the mind thinks about a feeling that has yet to be worked and the lungs breathe as they travel through space. Calmness, happiness, release.

Issue 18

Stimulating Developments in Parkinson’s Treatment

Imagine you’ve been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The symptoms start as a small shake in one of your hands, which gradually spreads and worsens [1]. You attribute it

Issue 12

Walking Away from Parkinson’s

Transporting ourselves from one place to another can seem rather simple to the majority of individuals. We whiz from one class to the next without much conscious regard for our

Issue 4

The Placebo Effect: An Illusionary Treatment with Real Results

Every year, over half a million Americans suffering from osteoarthritis undergo pain-reducing arthroscopic surgery of the knee [1]. Surgeons clean out loose fragments of cartilage surrounding the knee joint in

The Undergraduate Neuroscience Journal

A collection of 5 posts

Kinesiology of Balance: Understanding Implications of Targeted Dance Therapy on Proprioception

Just Dance, It'll be Okay

Stimulating Developments in Parkinson’s Treatment

Walking Away from Parkinson’s

The Placebo Effect: An Illusionary Treatment with Real Results

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