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Effect of vestibular-based minds-in-motion programme on motor proficiency and cognition in elementary school
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Abstract
Background: Normal motor development and engagement in adequate levels of physical activity (PA) during childhood paves the way for better future growth, and lay the durable foundation of long-term psychological, intellectual and physiological health. Objective: The aim of the current study was to examine the influence of Minds-in-Motion Maze (M-i-M M) programme in boosting motor skills (MSs) and cognitive ability in school-aged children, and place the findings within the larger context of the role of non-perceptual factors such as age, gender and gender-age on affecting the results obtained. Materials and methods: Design; A randomized controlled trial (RCT). Setting; Public primary school. Subjects; Participants were 100 young schoolers aged between six and eight years old with a mean of 7.32 years and a standard deviation (SD) of 0.82 years. They were randomly assigned to experimental (EG) and control (CG) group (50 subjects/each). Interventions; While the CG received unstructured PA, the children in the EG engaged, on a regular basis, in the M-i-M M vestibular stimulation programme (24 weeks of a 30-minute structured PA on a daily basis). Measurements; The intervention was preceded by pre-testing and followed by post-testing of children for the motor and cognitive parameters under study. The motor proficiency and cognitive ability were evaluated using the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor ProficiencyTM{u2014}Second Edition, complete form (BOTTM-2 CF), and Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-IV), respectively.Results: The analyzed data indicated that engaging in M-i-M M activities significantly affected the motor and cognitive abilities among children. In this sense, the between group analysis using Mann-Whitney U-Test showed higher significant improvement (p {u02C2} 0.05) in the EG compared to the CG in all motor and cognitive abilities. Boys outperformed girls in all tests, notably with MSs (EG). The age had significant positive impact on children{u2019}s acquired motor and cognitive skills