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The Effects of Creative Dance Therapy on Motor and Executive Functions in Children With Dyslexia

NCT05850169 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 51

Last updated 2023-05-09

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Summary

Although some benefits of dance have been described for motor and cognitive skills, the effects on individuals with dyslexia are unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of creative dance training on the motor and executive skills of children with dyslexia.

Conditions

  • Dyslexia
  • Dance Therapy
  • Motor Skills
  • Executive Function

Interventions

OTHER

Creative Dance Therapy

After completion of the initial assessments, the intervention group received 3 sessions per week of creative dance training for 4 weeks (12 sessions), with each session lasting approximately 40 minutes. The creative dance training took place in a 40-square-metre mirrored hall with a tatami mat on the floor. The training was conducted individually for each child in the IG. Different children's songs were selected for each session in harmony with the rhythm of the dance movements. In each session, 10 minutes of warm-up movements and 20 minutes of creative dance training were conducted, accompanied by songs. Meanwhile, materials such as spiky and heavy balls, ribbons, rhythm sticks and holihop were included in the application. The creative dance training was planned by diversifying the 8 movement models (breath, tactile, core-distal, head-tail, upper-lower, body side, cross lateral and vestibular) of "Brain Dance", which is a part of creative dance (Gilbert, 2002,2015).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ankara Medipol University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cemre Bafralı, Msc · Ankara Medipol University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
10 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-08-24
Primary Completion
2019-10-07
Completion
2020-12-24

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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