A Influência Da Dança Educativa No Desenvolvimento Motor De Crianças

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the motor development of children who practiced educational dance with the motor development of children who did not practice it and to verify the results obtained after six to eight months after the end of the intervention.Methods: The study was carried out with 85 children enrolled in the first year of elementary school in two schools located in the south of São Paulo city (São Paulo, Brazil). Children were randomized by lot in two groups (intervention and control). Children with intellectual and/or physical disabilities and the premature ones were excluded from the analysis. The two groups had their motor development evaluated in three moments: before the intervention, after the intervention and six to eight months after the end of the intervention. The intervention group participated in an educational dance class program for seven months. Control and intervention groups were compared by chi-square and t-test.Results: Children who participated in the educational dance program, compared to children who did not, achieved significant gains in their general motor development and on the following bases: balance, fine motor and overall praxis. Conclusions: Educational dance helped the children’s motor development, and the results were partially maintained months after the end of the intervention.

Dance on the Brain: Enhancing Intra- and Inter-Brain Synchrony

“…Of all the neurobehaviors examined, dance most clearly activates the motor system, with technique training incorporating skills to enhance both gross and fine motor movements. Dance training early in life has been shown to enhance motor development and improve balance, equilibrium, postural control and alignment, range of motion, fine motor skills, and the planning and sequencing of movement, known as praxis (Golomer et al, 1999 ; Rein et al, 2011 ; Bläsing et al, 2012 ; Sirois-Leclerc et al, 2017 ; de Vasconcellos Corrêa Dos Anjos and Ferraro, 2018 ). Also, dancers optimize motor synergies (i.e., efficiently combine the movements in related joints; Latash, 2010 ), which lead to reduced muscular tension and increased accuracy when executing movements (Thullier and Moufti, 2004 ; Lepelley et al, 2006 ).…”

Scoping Review on Interventions for Physical Activity and Physical Literacy Components in Brazilian School-Aged Children and Adolescents

“…Twenty-six intervention strategies were identified and organized into six dimensions. Interventions related to physical education classes were conducted in both age groups, which involved recreational activities with games, toys, and scavenger hunts that stimulated body movements [27,50,69,77,80]. Children and adolescents were provided with health education sessions such as lectures, debates, discussions, and dynamics on healthy eating, physical activity, and health [18,19, Overall, 17 and 25 intervention studies were performed in children and adolescents, respectively.…”

“…The components most frequently evaluated in interventions were PA attributes [18][19][20][21][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]37,41,42,44,45,48,50,[52][53][54][56][57][58][59][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72]75,76] (30 studies; 71.4%). In general, children were evaluated in terms of fine and global motor skills, balance, body schema, and spatial and temporal organization [50,56,76,80]. Muscle and cardiorespiratory endurance have been investigated more in adolescents [23][24][25][26]…”

“…Flexibility, physical and cardiorespiratory fitness, agility, BMI, weight, and height were variables assessed in both age groups [18][19][20][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]41,42,62,[64][65][66][67]69,72]. Most studies evaluated PL components and reported that the intervention had an effect on them [20,21,27,41,42,50,53,54,[56][57][58][59][61][62][63][64][65][66][69][70][71][72]75,76] (Table 3). Of the 42 studies, 19 evaluated PA behavior, with more studies involving adolescents [18,...…”

Efeito da intervenção fisioterapêutica por meio da dança no desenvolvimento motor da criança com peso elevado para a idade.

“…Neste estudo buscou-se verificar o efeito da dança educativa no desenvolvimento motor geral da criança de 2 a 4 anos de idade, com peso elevado para idade, uma vez que, dados recentes demonstram que crianças com peso elevado apresentam desenvolvimento motor inferior ao da criança com peso adequado 17,18 . Os resultados da pesquisa evidenciaram que crianças com peso elevado apresentam desenvolvimento motor inferior ao de crianças com peso adequado corroborando a literatura, mas, após a intervenção por meio da dança educativa observou-se uma melhora significativa no desenvolvimento motor destas crianças, reforçando a ideia de que a dança é um recurso adequado para estimular o desenvolvimento motor da criança, em diferentes faixas etárias 19 . O estudo realizado em duas escolas da cidade de São Paulo com crianças de seis anos, com a dança educativa, mostrou resultados significativos na melhora do desenvolvimento motor, quando comparados ao grupo que não praticou 19 .…”