Effects of movement sequences and creative dance on balance of children with mental retardation

Percept Mot Skills. 1993 Dec;77(3 Pt 2):1290. doi: 10.2466/pms.1993.77.3f.1290.

Abstract

Children (ages 7 to 10 years) participated in a creative dance (n = 12) or traditional gross motor program (n = 13). Posttest stabilometer performance examined by use of a t test indicated a significant difference between the groups in of the creative dance group.

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Creativity*
  • Dancing*
  • Education of Intellectually Disabled
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intellectual Disability / psychology
  • Intellectual Disability / rehabilitation*
  • Male
  • Motor Skills*
  • Postural Balance*
  • Reaction Time