The effect of Eight Weeks Aerobic Rhythmic Exercises with Music on Motor Proficiency, Anxiety and Depression in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder

Children with developmental coordination disorder due to defects in motor development require interventions to improve mobility. So the aim of the present study was the impact rhythmic aerobic exercise with music on motor proficiency, anxiety and depression in children with developmental coordination disorder. The research method was experimental with pretest and posttest with a control group. The sample was 60 (30 boys and 30 girls) children with DCD, who were chosen by cluster purposeful. For the diagnosis of developmental coordination disorder from developmental coordination questionnaire, March et al scale for anxiety, Childhood Depression Lang and Tishri Scale for Depression and - for motor proficiency test was used Brvnynks- Oseretsky-tow. During the 8-week aerobic exercise training was given. To investigate the effects of aerobic exercise on the dependent variables of analysis of covariance was used. The results showed that in all three factors of anxiety, depression and motor proficiency tests have improved in the experimental group (P=0.001), but no significant progress in the control group (P