NCT05850169

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

The Effects of Creative Dance Therapy on Motor and Executive Functions in Children With Dyslexia: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 51 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ankara Medipol University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 10 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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.

Detailed description

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. The randomized controlled trial was conducted between August 2019 and December 2020 in the Occupational Therapy Department of Hacettepe University. The sample consisted of 51 children with dyslexia aged 8-10 years. While 26 of the participants received routine literacy training, the other 25 also received creative dance training three times a week for 4 weeks. Motor functions were assessed using the "Bruininks-Oseretsky Motor Competence 2 Test- Short Form", and executive functions were assessedusing the "Executive Function and Occupational Routines Scale".

Conditions

• Dyslexia
• Dance Therapy
• Motor Skills
• Executive Function

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
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).

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-08-24
• Primary completion: 2019-10-07
• Completion: 2020-12-24
• First posted: 2023-05-09
• Last updated: 2023-05-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)