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      <dc:title>Dance Fitness Classes Improve the Health-Related Quality of Life in Sedentary Women</dc:title>
      <dc:creator>Barranco Ruiz, Yaira María</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>Paz Viteri, Susana</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>Villa González, Emilio</dc:creator>
      <dc:subject>Group fitness classes</dc:subject>
      <dc:subject>Sedentarism</dc:subject>
      <dc:subject>Physical activity</dc:subject>
      <dc:subject>Dance exercise</dc:subject>
      <dc:description>Authors are grateful to valuable support of National University of Chimborazo, as well&#xd;
as to all participants of the study. We are grateful to Ana Yara Postigo-Fuentes for her assistance with the&#xd;
English language.</dc:description>
      <dc:description>Introduction: This study aims to analyze the effect of two dance-focused and choreographic&#xd;
fitness classes on Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in sedentary worker women. Methods:&#xd;
65 sedentary middle-aged worker women (38 ± 7.3 years old) completed a 16-week intervention&#xd;
randomly assigned to: (1) dance fitness group based on Zumba Fitness classes (DF group, n = 25)],&#xd;
(2) dance fitness + functional strength training group (DFFT group, n = 20), and (3) control group&#xd;
(n = 20). HRQoL was assessed by the 36-Item Short-Form Health-Survey (SF-36), which evaluates&#xd;
8 dimensions of health [General Health (GH), Physical Functioning (PF), Social Functioning (SF),&#xd;
Physical Role (PR), Emotional Role (ER), Bodily Pain (BP), Vitality (V), and Mental Health (MH)]&#xd;
scored from 0 (worst) to 100 (best health status). Results: The control group statistically differed&#xd;
from both exercise groups in PF and PR, and from the DF group in SF and MH showing a lower&#xd;
score. No statistical differences were observed between exercise groups post-intervention, except&#xd;
in V. DF group showed increases in GH, PF, SF, V, PR, and MH post-intervention. Conclusions: A&#xd;
16-week dance fitness intervention based on Zumba Fitness classes generates notable improvements&#xd;
in a wide range of HRQoL dimensions in sedentary middle-aged worker women, especially in V, PR&#xd;
and MH dimensions.</dc:description>
      <dc:date>2020-07-27T11:49:12Z</dc:date>
      <dc:date>2020-07-27T11:49:12Z</dc:date>
      <dc:date>2020-05</dc:date>
      <dc:type>info:eu-repo/semantics/article</dc:type>
      <dc:identifier>Barranco-Ruiz, Y., Paz-Viteri, S., &amp; Villa-González, E. (2020). Dance Fitness Classes Improve the Health-Related Quality of Life in Sedentary Women. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(11), 3771. [DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17113771]</dc:identifier>
      <dc:identifier>http://hdl.handle.net/10481/63154</dc:identifier>
      <dc:identifier>10.3390/ijerph17113771</dc:identifier>
      <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
      <dc:rights>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/</dc:rights>
      <dc:rights>info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess</dc:rights>
      <dc:rights>Atribución 3.0 España</dc:rights>
      <dc:publisher>MDPI</dc:publisher>
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