Ilić Aleksandra, Marinkovic Dragan, Herodek Romina, Vlašić Jadranka, Jovanović Saša
Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.
Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia.
Front Public Health. 2024 Nov 21;12:1425974. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1425974. eCollection 2024.
As creative physical activity influences many aspects of child development-including physical, social, and emotional wellbeing-the effects of two experimental modern dance programs on the development of health-related physical fitness in young school-aged girls were assessed in this longitudinal study.
The study sample comprised 203 girls aged 7-11 years, 102 of whom (the control group) were recruited from the elementary school "Vuk Karadžić" from Bačka Palanka, while Experimental Group 1 ( = 51) and Experimental Group 2 ( = 50) respectively consisted of girls who have been involved in a modern dance program for no longer than 1 year and at least 2 years. The participants were also divided into AGE 1 (7-9 years, = 103) and AGE 2 (9-11 years, = 100) groups to assess the influence of age on the treatment effect. During the six-month experimental period, Experimental Group 1 met three times a week while Experimental Group 2 had five weekly training sessions. All participants were subjected to the extended ALPHA battery of tests both at baseline and at the end of the study.
The Experimental Group 1 and Experimental Group 2 results showed a statistically significant difference ( = 0.005) between the initial and final measurements, suggesting that participation in a modern dance program had a positive impact on the transformation of morphological characteristics by increasing muscle mass and reducing subcutaneous fat. In addition, both experimental groups had a greater muscle strength, muscle endurance, and aerobic fitness at the end of the treatment.
The study findings support the view that health-related physical fitness in young school-aged children can be improved through modern dance.
由于创造性体育活动会影响儿童发展的许多方面，包括身体、社交和情感健康，因此在这项纵向研究中评估了两个实验性现代舞项目对低龄女童与健康相关的体能发展的影响。
研究样本包括203名7至11岁的女童，其中102名（对照组）从巴奇卡-帕兰卡的“武克·卡拉季奇”小学招募，而实验组1（n = 51）和实验组2（n = 50）分别由参与现代舞项目不超过1年和至少2年的女童组成。参与者还被分为1组（7至9岁，n = 103）和2组（9至11岁，n = 100），以评估年龄对治疗效果的影响。在为期六个月的实验期内，实验组1每周会面三次，而实验组2每周进行五次训练。所有参与者在基线和研究结束时均接受了扩展的ALPHA测试组。
实验组1和实验组2的结果显示，初始测量和最终测量之间存在统计学上的显著差异（p = 0.005），这表明参与现代舞项目通过增加肌肉量和减少皮下脂肪对形态特征的转变产生了积极影响。此外，两个实验组在治疗结束时均具有更大的肌肉力量、肌肉耐力和有氧适能。
研究结果支持这样一种观点，即低龄学童与健康相关的体能可以通过现代舞得到改善。
