Mansour Neisi; Sadegh Nasri; Rasool Abedanzadeh; Marzieh Balali
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The aim of this study was to compare the effective of active video games and sports basic games on the development of fundamental motor skills in elementary school students. The method of the present study is semi-experimental with pretest-posttest design with control group. Sixty male students (age ...
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The aim of this study was to compare the effective of active video games and sports basic games on the development of fundamental motor skills in elementary school students. The method of the present study is semi-experimental with pretest-posttest design with control group. Sixty male students (age range: 8-11 years old) were selected by convenience sampling and randomly divided into two experimental groups (active video games (XbX), sports basic games) and a control group (inactive video games). The instruments used in this study are the Brunnicks-Ozertsky motor proficiency test, second edition, and the XbX 360 Kinect. First, participants performed motor skills pretest. Experimental groups performed the relevant training program for eight weeks, twice a week and 30 minutes per session. The control group also played passive video games under the full supervision of the Examiner with XbX console. At the end of the training sessions, the second edition of the Bruins Ozertsky motor proficiency test was repeated for all subjects (post-test phase). The results of the present study showed that active video and sports basic groups have a significant effect on the development of basic motor skills. Other results of this study showed that there is a significant difference between groups in the development of fundamental motor skills; these differences were significant with the traditional group, but significant differences were not found between the experimental groups. Therefore, it is recommended that coaches, in addition to sport basic trainings, they should also pay special attention to active video games.
Somayeh Sadati Firoozabadi
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Design and Effectiveness of Motor Therapy on Reading Problems in Students with Learning Disabilities Abstract The aim of the researches to Design and Effectiveness of Motor Therapy on Reading Problems in Students with Learning Disabilities.The aim of the researches to Design and Effectiveness of Motor ...
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Design and Effectiveness of Motor Therapy on Reading Problems in Students with Learning Disabilities Abstract The aim of the researches to Design and Effectiveness of Motor Therapy on Reading Problems in Students with Learning Disabilities.The aim of the researches to Design and Effectiveness of Motor Therapy on Reading Problems in Students with Learning Disabilities. Statistics of current study include all students referring to Centers of Learning Disorder in Shiraz during the 2014 academic year. Subjects consisted of 30 students with learning disability volunteered to participate in this study. Screening Test of Dyslexia Diagnosis Shafii & et al was administered as the pretest and posttest for the students with learning disability. The students received 14 sessions of training for motor therapy. The research questions are analyzed through variance of repeated measurements. The results show that motor therapy lead to improvements in reading problems of students with learning disabilities.Keywords: Motor Therapy, Reading Problems, Learning Disabilities
Davood Homanian; Abdolrahman Khezri
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The aim of the current study was to investigate the effect of Paaryaad training program on the development of motor skills of children aged between 6 and 8 who suffered from high function autism (HFA). For this purpose, 30 girls with HFA (mean age 7.1 ± 0.6 yr) were randomly selected from ...
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The aim of the current study was to investigate the effect of Paaryaad training program on the development of motor skills of children aged between 6 and 8 who suffered from high function autism (HFA). For this purpose, 30 girls with HFA (mean age 7.1 ± 0.6 yr) were randomly selected from special schools of Sanandaj city. Then, according to the pretest scores, were assigned to control and experimental groups. Pretest and posttest scores were measured by Bruininks-Oseretsky test. Motor intervention program included 16 sessions of Paaryaad training. The K-S test was used to determine data distribution and Levin and ANCOVA tests were used to compare means. The results showed that Paaryaad training program affected significantly the development of the subscales of running speed and agility, balance, bilateral coordination and strength (P<0.05). But, the effect of this training program on the subscales of response speed, visual- motor control and upper limb speed and dexterity was not significant (P>0.05). According to these results, it could be argued that this training program may improve the fundamental skills of children with HFA.
