While dancing is touted as a whole-body workout for the youth, it can also reduce the risk of disability in older women, according to a new study.
The study showed that dancing was associated with a 73 per cent significantly lower risk of developing disability in walking, eating, bathing, dressing among others, in older women.
However, there were no significant associations between other exercise types and disability, the researchers described in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports.