Hewston, Patricia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3787-7941
Marr, Caroline
Dashti, Ali
Ioannidis, George
Kennedy, Courtney C.
Hladysh, Genevieve
St Onge, Joye
Marr, Sharon
Bray, Steven R.
Noseworthy, Michael
Thabane, Lehana
Papaioannou, Alexandra
Funding for this research was provided by:
Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS NIF)
Article History
Received: 22 November 2024
Accepted: 12 May 2026
First Online: 5 June 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: A research coordinator obtained informed consent from all participants in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Hamilton Integrated Research Ethics Board (HIREB #144000).
Consent for publication: Consent for the study was obtained for GERAS DANCE in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Hamilton Integrated Research Ethics Board (HIREB #144000).
Competing interests: PH, CK, GI, and AP are co-developers of the GERAS DANCE intervention with McMaster University with a Canadian Copyright # 1156625 and Trademark # 0925640. All other authors declare that they have no competing interests.