Poster Presentation

Paper ID : 2046-SSRC

دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی علوم و تحقیقات تهران

DCD is the most common disorder affecting school-age children and it has a negative effect on the cognitive and motor performance. The aim of this research was to investigate the effect of Exergame training on motor performance and attention function in children with developmental coordination disorder. The method of this research was semi-experimental and pre-test and post-test design. 24 students with the age range of 7-9 years were selected as available and were randomly divided into experimental (N=12) and control (N=12) groups. The intervention was applied three sessions a week for eight weeks. Each session consisted of 3 parts : a warm-up (10 minutes), Exergame exercise (25 minutes) and cool down (10 minutes). The control group did not receive an exercise program. The Test of Gross Motor Skills- third edition (TGMD-3) and The Stroop Color and Word Test (SCWT) were used to measure motor performance and attention function at pre and post intervention. Dependent t-test was used for intra-group comparison and ANCOVA test was used for inter-group comparison. The data was analyzed using SPSS software version 22 and at a significance level of 0.05. The results of the study indicated that the eight week Exergame training significantly improve motor performance of children with developmental coordination disorder (p<0.05). Also the Exergame training significantly improve attention function of children with developmental coordination disorder (p<0.05). Other results indicated the existence of a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in the research variables (p<0.05). According to the results, it seems that of Exergame training can improve motor performance and attention function of children with developmental coordination disorder.

Exergame; Attention; DCD; Motor skill