ArticleCerebellum (London, England)2022
Dance Improves Motor, Cognitive, and Social Skills in Children With Developmental Cerebellar Anomalies.
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- The impact of dance on the mental health of older adults: a network meta-analysis of anxiety, depression, and well-being.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
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- Intelligent monitoring-based screen exposure patterns and neurodevelopmental outcomes in preschool children.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Mood changes of children and adolescents in dance classes: a prospective repeated-measures study.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Feasibility and Preliminary Effects of Ballet-Based Group Dance Intervention in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis: A Pilot Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Mobile brain imaging in butoh dancers: from rehearsals to public performance.BMC neuroscience · 2024Article
- Which factors modulate spontaneous motor tempo? A systematic review of the literature.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Review
- Rhythm-based assessment and training for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a feasibility study protocol.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
- Musical Performance in Adolescents with ADHD, ADD and Dyslexia-Behavioral and Neurophysiological Aspects.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Musical abilities in children with developmental cerebellar anomalies.Frontiers in systems neuroscience · 2022Article
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Abstract
In this multiple single-cases study, we used dance to train sensorimotor synchronization (SMS), motor, and cognitive functions in children with developmental cerebellar anomalies (DCA). DCA are rare dysfunctions of the cerebellum that affect motor and cognitive skills. The cerebellum plays an important role in temporal cognition, including SMS, which is critical for motor and cognitive development. Dancing engages the SMS neuronal circuitry, composed of the cerebellum, the basal ganglia, and the motor cortices. Thus, we hypothesized that dance has a beneficial effect on SMS skills and associated motor and cognitive functions in children with DCA. Seven children (aged 7-11) with DCA participated in a 2-month dance training protocol (3 h/week). A test-retest design protocol with multiple baselines was used to assess children's SMS skills as well as motor, cognitive, and social abilities. SMS skills were impaired in DCA before the training. The training led to improvements in SMS (reduced variability in paced tapping), balance, and executive functioning (cognitive flexibility), as well as in social skills (social cognition). The beneficial effects of the dance training were visible in all participants. Notably, gains were maintained 2 months after the intervention. These effects are likely to be sustained by enhanced activity in SMS brain networks due to the dance training protocol.
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