TY - JOUR
T1 - Informal Dance Intervention Improves BMI and Functional Gait in an Adolescent with Cerebral Palsy
T2 - A Case Report
AU - Owens, Meghan
AU - Silkwood-Sherer, Debbie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy of the American Physical Therapy Association.
PY - 2019/10/1
Y1 - 2019/10/1
N2 - Purpose: This case study examined the effects of incorporating Informal Dance Intervention into traditional therapy sessions on body mass index and functional walking in an adolescent girl with cerebral palsy. Case Description: A 15-year-old adolescent girl, Gross Motor Function Classification System Level II, participated in Informal Dance Intervention twice weekly in 2, 16 session phases. Sixty-minute sessions focused on waltzing, contra dancing, square dancing, and belly dancing to improve timing, endurance, vestibular functioning, and core strength. Conclusions: Waist circumference decreased, walking speed increased on the 6-Minute Walk Test and Timed Up and Down Stairs, balance confidence increased per the Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale, and vestibular functioning improved per changes in the Functional Gait Assessment. Recommendations for Clinical Practice: Incorporating Informal Dance Intervention, in conjunction with therapy, may be motivating and improve overall health for adolescents with cerebral palsy to combat their tendency of increased sedentary lifestyle.
AB - Purpose: This case study examined the effects of incorporating Informal Dance Intervention into traditional therapy sessions on body mass index and functional walking in an adolescent girl with cerebral palsy. Case Description: A 15-year-old adolescent girl, Gross Motor Function Classification System Level II, participated in Informal Dance Intervention twice weekly in 2, 16 session phases. Sixty-minute sessions focused on waltzing, contra dancing, square dancing, and belly dancing to improve timing, endurance, vestibular functioning, and core strength. Conclusions: Waist circumference decreased, walking speed increased on the 6-Minute Walk Test and Timed Up and Down Stairs, balance confidence increased per the Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale, and vestibular functioning improved per changes in the Functional Gait Assessment. Recommendations for Clinical Practice: Incorporating Informal Dance Intervention, in conjunction with therapy, may be motivating and improve overall health for adolescents with cerebral palsy to combat their tendency of increased sedentary lifestyle.
KW - BMI
KW - adolescence
KW - case report
KW - cerebral palsy
KW - functional gait
KW - informal dance
KW - obesity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85072765970&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/PEP.0000000000000653
DO - 10.1097/PEP.0000000000000653
M3 - Article
C2 - 31469773
AN - SCOPUS:85072765970
SN - 0898-5669
VL - 31
SP - E26-E31
JO - Pediatric Physical Therapy
JF - Pediatric Physical Therapy
IS - 4
ER -
