Prenatal dance activity enhances foetal and postnatal cognitive and motor development.

IF 2.2 4区医学 Q3 PHYSIOLOGY

Physiology international Pub Date : 2022-12-14 DOI:10.1556/2060.2022.00121

Beatrix Bánkyné Perjés, Gábor Mátrai, Bernadett Nagy, Daniella Erdei, Alexandra Makai, Viktória Prémusz, Kálmán András Kovács, József Bódis

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Abstract

Introduction: No research has examined the impact of any physical-artistic-cognitive activity on foetal neurodevelopment. The aim of the study was to investigate the efficacy of a unique prenatal dance activity in pre- and postnatal cognitive and motor development as a complementary health care practice.

Methods: 26 clinically uncomplicated primiparas and multiparas with singleton pregnancies and their later born children were examined in this prospective study at the University of Pécs, Hungary. The activity group participated in supervised, 60-min, twice-weekly, moderate-intensity prenatal dance classes for 19.56 ± 3.97 weeks, whereas the control group did not. We determined the developmental ages of their children with the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development in both groups at 5 weeks of age and in the activity group at 33 months of age.

Results: Prenatal dance activity did not cause any adverse outcomes. Infants in the activity group had significantly higher mean developmental ages than the control group regarding cognitive skills (P < 0.001), receptive (P < 0.001) and expressive communication (P = 0.007), fine (P < 0.001) and gross motor (P = 0.001). As toddlers their mean developmental ages were significantly higher than their mean calendar age regarding cognitive skills (P = 0.001), receptive (P = 0.001) and expressive communication (P = 0.001), fine (P = 0.002) and gross motor (P = 0.001).

Conclusions: Our results confirm the safe implementation of this prenatal dance activity and the more advanced cognitive and motor development of children in the activity group as infants compared to the control group and as toddlers compared to the norm. These results offer a novel approach to dance in pre- and postnatal clinical practice.

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产前舞蹈活动促进胎儿和产后的认知和运动发育。

没有研究检验过任何身体-艺术-认知活动对胎儿神经发育的影响。本研究的目的是调查一种独特的产前舞蹈活动在产前和产后认知和运动发展中的功效，作为一种补充保健实践。方法:在这项前瞻性研究中，对26例临床无并发症的单胎妊娠初产妇和多胞胎及其后出生的孩子进行了检查。活动组参加为期19.56±3.97周的有监督的60分钟、每周两次、中等强度的产前舞蹈课程，而对照组则没有。我们用贝利婴幼儿发育量表测定了两组儿童在5周龄时的发育年龄，以及活动组在33个月大时的发育年龄。结果:产前舞蹈活动未引起任何不良后果。在认知能力(P < 0.001)、接受能力(P < 0.001)、表达能力(P = 0.007)、精细能力(P < 0.001)和大肌肉运动能力(P = 0.001)方面，活动组婴儿的平均发育年龄显著高于对照组。幼儿的平均发育年龄在认知能力(P = 0.001)、接受能力(P = 0.001)、表达能力(P = 0.001)、精细能力(P = 0.002)和大肌肉运动能力(P = 0.001)方面显著高于平均日历年龄。结论:我们的研究结果证实了这种产前舞蹈活动的安全实施，活动组的儿童在婴儿时期比对照组和幼儿时期比正常情况下有更先进的认知和运动发展。这些结果为产前和产后临床实践提供了一种新的舞蹈方法。

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Physiology international Medicine-Physiology (medical)

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