SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Aging and Public Health
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1667818
This article is part of the Research TopicWomen in Sports and Exercise: Public Health and PromotionView all articles
Effects of Plaza Dancing on Body Composition and Cardiopulmonary Function in Middle-aged and Elderly Healthy Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Provisionally accepted
- 1China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China
- 2Civil Aviation Flight University of China, Guanghan, China
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Background & Objectives: Middle-aged and older women (≥45 years) experience body composition imbalance and declining cardiopulmonary function due to menopausal changes. Plaza dancing, a low-intensity, easy-to-learn collective aerobic exercise, demonstrates health promotion potential but lacks systematic evaluation. This study aims to clarify the effects of plaza dancing on body composition and cardiovascular function in healthy middle-aged and older women. Methods: Following PRISMA guidelines, we systematically searched 5 databases (up to July 5, 2025), including 38 studies with 17 entering meta-analysis. Study quality was assessed using ROB 2.0. Statistical analyses were performed using Review Manager 5.4 and R 4.5.1, with subgroup and dose-response analyses conducted. Results: Meta-analysis revealed that plaza dancing significantly reduced body weight, BMI, body fat percentage, resting heart rate, systolic blood pressure, cholesterol, and triglycerides (P<0.05), while significantly improving vital capacity (SMD=0.76, P<0.0001). Greater BMI improvement occurred with intervention duration ≤12 weeks (SMD=-0.69). Dose-response analysis showed significant negative time effects for BMI and resting heart rate, with superior short-term intervention effects (8-12 weeks). Conclusions: Plaza dancing exerts significant positive effects on body composition and cardiopulmonary function in middle-aged and elderly healthy women, serving as a low-cost, highly accessible health promotion intervention.
Keywords: plaza dancing, Middle-aged and elderly women, Body Composition, cardiorespiratory fitness, Meta-analysis
Received: 17 Jul 2025; Accepted: 25 Aug 2025.
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* Correspondence: jia Wen Chen, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China
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