scholarly journals Isolated Abdominal Motor Seizures of Mesial Parietal Origin: Epileptic Belly Dancing?

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 396-399
Author(s):  
Karlo J. Lizarraga ◽  
Enrique A. Serrano ◽  
Leticia Tornes ◽  
Andres M. Kanner ◽  
Anthony E. Lang
Keyword(s):  
Belly Dancing

scholarly journals Pilates and dance to patients with breast cancer undergoing treatment: study protocol for a randomized clinical trial – MoveMama study

Trials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonessa Boing ◽  
Tatiana do Bem Fretta ◽  
Melissa de Carvalho Souza Vieira ◽  
Gustavo Soares Pereira ◽  
Jéssica Moratelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Belly Dance ◽  
Belly Dancing

Abstract Background Breast cancer is a global public health issue. The side effects of the clinical treatment can decrease the quality of life of these women. Therefore, a healthy lifestyle is essential to minimize the physical and psychological side effects of treatment. Physical activity has several benefits for women with breast cancer, and Pilates solo and belly dancing can be an enjoyable type of physical activity for women with breast cancer undergoing clinical treatment. The purpose of this study is to provide a Pilates solo and a belly dance protocol (three times per week/16 weeks) for women undergoing breast cancer treatment and compare its effectiveness with that in the control group. Methods The participants will be allocated to either the intervention arm (Pilates solo or belly dance classes three times per week for 16 weeks) or a control group (receipt of a booklet on physical activity for patients with breast cancer and maintenance of habitual physical activity routine). The Pilates solo and belly dance classes will be divided into three stages: warmup and stretching, the main stage, and relaxation. Measurements of the study outcomes will take place at baseline; postintervention; and 6, 12, and 24 months after the end of the intervention (maintenance period). The data collection for both groups will occur with a paper questionnaire and tests covering general and clinical information. The primary outcome will be quality of life (EORT QLQ-C30 and EORT QLQ-BR23), and secondary outcomes will be physical aspects such as cardiorespiratory fitness (6-min walk test and cycle ergometer), lymphedema (sum of arm circumference), physical activity (IPAQ short version), disabilities of the arm (DASH), range of motion (goniometer test), muscular strength (dynamometer test) and flexibility (sit and reach test), and psychological aspects such as depressive symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory), body image (Body Image After Breast Cancer Questionnaire), self-esteem (Rosenberg), fatigue (FACT-F), pain (VAS), sexual function (FSFI), and sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index). Discussion In view of the high prevalence of breast cancer among women, the implementation of a specific protocol of Pilates solo and belly dancing for patients with breast cancer is important, considering the necessity to improve their physical and psychological quality of life. Pilates solo and belly dancing are two types of physical activity that involve mental and physical concentration, music, upper limb movements, femininity, and social involvement. An intervention with these two physical activities could offer options of supportive care to women with breast cancer undergoing treatment, with the aim being to improve physical and psychological quality of life. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03194997. Registration date 12 August 2017. Universal Trial Number (World Health Organization), U1111-1195-1623.

BELLY DANCING INTO HISTORY

Art History ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 517-527
Author(s):  
Claudine Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Belly Dancing

‘How does she do that?’ Belly Dancing and the Horror of a Flexible Woman

2005 ◽  
Vol 34 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 279-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
VIRGINIA KEFT-KENNEDY
Keyword(s):  
Belly Dancing

Sequins, Sass, and Sisterhood: An Exploration of Older Women's Belly Dancing

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela M. Moe
Keyword(s):  
Belly Dancing

Belly dancing as exercise: image-building of a foreign dance in Taiwan

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuchi Chang ◽  
Po-Hsiu Lin ◽  
Tsuneo Sogawa
Keyword(s):  
Belly Dancing ◽  
Image Building

A Control System for a Flexible Spine Belly-Dancing Humanoid

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jimmy Or
Keyword(s):  
Central Pattern Generator ◽  
Humanoid Robot ◽  
Humanoid Robots ◽  
Pattern Generator ◽  
Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Rhythmic Movements ◽  
Walking Machines ◽  
Belly Dancing ◽  
Almost All ◽  
High Degree

Recently, there has been a lot of interest in building anthropomorphic robots. Research on humanoid robotics has focused on the control of manipulators and walking machines. The contributions of the torso towards ordinary movements (such as walking, dancing, attracting mates, and maintaining balance) have been neglected by almost all humanoid robotic researchers. We believe that the next generation of humanoid robots will incorporate a flexible spine in the torso. To meet the challenge of controlling this kind of high-degree-of-freedom robot, a new control architecture is necessary. Inspired by the rhythmic movements commonly exhibited in lamprey locomotion as well as belly dancing, we designed a controller for a simulated belly-dancing robot using the lamprey central pattern generator. Experimental results show that the proposed lamprey central pattern generator module could potentially generate plausible output patterns, which could be used for all the possible spine motions with minimized control parameters. For instance, in the case of planar spine motions, only three input parameters are required. Using our controller, the simulated robot is able to perform complex torso movements commonly seen in belly dancing as well. Our work suggests that the proposed controller can potentially be a suitable controller for a high-degree-of-freedom, flexible spine humanoid robot. Furthermore, it allows us to gain a better understanding of belly dancing by synthesis.

scholarly journals TheZenne: Male Belly Dancers and Queer Modernity in Contemporary Turkey

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOANNA MANSBRIDGE
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
First Century ◽  
Sex And Gender ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Trans People ◽  
Turkish Culture ◽  
Belly Dancing ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

This article explores the history and contemporary revival of male belly dancers –zenneorköçek– in Turkey and in cities with large Turkish populations, such as Berlin. What does the current revival of male belly dancing tell us about the relationship between modern ideologies of sex and gender and narratives of modernity as they have taken shape in Turkey? Thezennedancer embodies the contradictions of contemporary Turkish culture, which includes a variety of same-sex practices, along with sexual taxonomies that have developed in collusion with discourses of modernity. The revival ofzennedancing can be seen as part of a series of global transformations in the visibility of gay, lesbian, and trans people in popular culture and public discourse. However, it is also an unpredicted consequence of the Justice and Development Party's (Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi, AKP) purposeful revival and romanticization of Turkey's Ottoman past, which has been ahistorically remembered as more pious than the present. Re-emerging in the twenty-first century as an embodiment of competing definitions of sexuality and modernity in contemporary Turkey, precisely at a moment when Turkish national identity is a hotly contested issue, thezennedancer is queer ghost, returning to haunt (and seduce) the present.

Special aspects of social support: Qualitative analysis of oncologic rehabilitation through a belly dancing peer support group

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. e12656 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Szalai ◽  
A. Szirmai ◽  
K. Füge ◽  
A. Makai ◽  
G. Erdélyi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Peer Support Group ◽  
Belly Dancing
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