Owens Meghan, Silkwood-Sherer Debbie
CORA Physical Therapy (Dr Owens), Roanoke, Virginia; Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy (Dr Silkwood-Sherer), Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant, Michigan.
Pediatr Phys Ther. 2019 Oct;31(4):E26-E31. doi: 10.1097/PEP.0000000000000653.
This case study examined the effects of incorporating Informal Dance Intervention into traditional therapy sessions on body mass index and functional walking in an adolescent girl with cerebral palsy.
A 15-year-old adolescent girl, Gross Motor Function Classification System Level II, participated in Informal Dance Intervention twice weekly in 2, 16 session phases. Sixty-minute sessions focused on waltzing, contra dancing, square dancing, and belly dancing to improve timing, endurance, vestibular functioning, and core strength.
Waist circumference decreased, walking speed increased on the 6-Minute Walk Test and Timed Up and Down Stairs, balance confidence increased per the Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale, and vestibular functioning improved per changes in the Functional Gait Assessment.
Incorporating Informal Dance Intervention, in conjunction with therapy, may be motivating and improve overall health for adolescents with cerebral palsy to combat their tendency of increased sedentary lifestyle.
本案例研究探讨了在传统治疗课程中加入非正规舞蹈干预对一名患有脑瘫的青少年女孩的体重指数和功能性步行的影响。
一名15岁的青少年女孩，粗大运动功能分类系统二级，在两个为期16节的阶段中每周参加两次非正规舞蹈干预。60分钟的课程重点是华尔兹、对舞、方块舞和肚皮舞，以改善时间控制、耐力、前庭功能和核心力量。
腰围减小，6分钟步行测试和定时上下楼梯测试中的步行速度增加，特定活动平衡信心量表显示平衡信心增加，功能性步态评估的变化表明前庭功能改善。
将非正规舞蹈干预与治疗相结合，可能会激发患有脑瘫的青少年的积极性，并改善他们的整体健康状况，以对抗他们久坐不动生活方式增加的趋势。
