Physical, cognitive, psychological and social effects of dance in children with disabilities: systematic review and meta-analysis May, Tamara, Chan, Emily S, Lindor, Ebony, McGinley, Jennifer, Skouteris, Helen, Austin, David, McGillivray, Jane and Rinehart, Nicole J 2019, Physical, cognitive, psychological and social effects of dance in children with disabilities: systematic review and meta-analysis, Disability and rehabilitation, pp. 1-14, doi: 10.1080/09638288.2019.1615139. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Physical, cognitive, psychological and social effects of dance in children with disabilities: systematic review and meta-analysis Author(s) May, Tamara orcid.org/0000-0001-8705-4180 Chan, Emily S Lindor, Ebony orcid.org/0000-0001-6935-047X McGinley, Jennifer Skouteris, Helen Austin, David orcid.org/0000-0002-1296-3555 McGillivray, Jane orcid.org/0000-0003-2000-6488 Rinehart, Nicole J orcid.org/0000-0001-6109-3958 Journal name Disability and rehabilitation Start page 1 End page 14 Total pages 14 Publisher Taylor & Francis Place of publication Abingdon, Eng. Publication date 2019-05-21 ISSN 1464-5165 Keyword(s) Dancing children developmental disabilities disability intellectual disability systematic review Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Rehabilitation Summary AIM: To date it is unclear whether the physical, cognitive, psychological and social benefits of dance extend to children with disabilities. METHOD: This systematic review synthesised empirical research on the effect of non-therapy dance programs on children with physical and developmental disabilities. RESULTS: Nineteen studies met inclusion criteria, including 521 participants aged 3-18 years and adapted dance programs with duration ranging from 7-78 hours. Sixteen studies had weak methodology. Most examined physical outcomes with improvements in 17/23 areas and meta-analyses showing significant medium to large effects for balance and jumping skills. Positive effects were also indicated for psychological, cognitive and social domains from the few available studies. CONCLUSION: Existing literature is heterogeneous and of poor quality but indicates dance may have physical, cognitive and psychosocial benefits for children with disabilities. Implications for rehabilitation To date the benefits of dance for children with disabilities have not been systematically synthesised. Dance may have physical, cognitive and psychosocial benefits for children with disabilities. Further research into psychosocial benefits in particular is warranted. Notes In press Language eng DOI 10.1080/09638288.2019.1615139 Field of Research 11 Medical and Health Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2019, Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30122889 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 14 Jun 2019, 14:22:01 EST Sat, 15 Jun 2019, 05:03:28 EST Mon, 17 Jun 2019, 08:18:47 EST Fri, 28 Jun 2019, 06:04:08 EST Wed, 03 Jul 2019, 12:29:16 EST Wed, 03 Jul 2019, 12:32:33 EST Wed, 03 Jul 2019, 12:33:36 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 34 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 14 Jun 2019, 14:22:01 EST

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