The effectiveness of rhythmic motor exercises on visualperceptual coordination and executive function in childrenwith learning disabilities

The aim of present study was to investigate the The effectiveness of rhythmic motor exercises on visual perceptual coordination and executive function in children with learning disabilities in 2020.

This semi-experimental study was conducted as pre-test and post-test with control group. Statistical population included all children with learning disabilities in the city of Dezful. From among these children with learning disabilities, 30 children were randomly selected and put into the experimental and control groups of 15 persons each. The parenting Visual Critical Scale of the Gastalt and Coolidge Neuropsychological Inventory was the instrument of this study. First, the pretest was conducted on the two groups. Then, the experimental group was exposed to an eight-session of rhythmic motor exercises these sessions were weekly held in group. At the end, the post-test was applied on both groups.

The results of Covariance analysis indicated that rhythmic motor exercises has significantly decreased and executive function disorder and increasing visual perceptual coordination and there is a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in the visual perceptual coordination and executive function in children with learning disabilities (P<0.001).

Based on the results of the effect of rhythmic motor exercises on visual perceptual coordination and executive function, it can be concluded that rhythmic motor exercises is an effective treatment to reduce executive function and improve visual perceptual coordination.