Effect Of Dance Training Research Articles

Long-term dance training modifies eye-head coordination in response to passive head impulse.

Long-term dance training is known to improve postural control, especially in challenging postural tasks. However, the effect of dance training on the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) has yet to be properly assessed. This study directly investigated whether VOR parameters are influenced by long-term dance training by testing dancers and controls using the video head impulse test. VOR gains using two of the most common methods (area ratio and instantaneous gains), latency and amplitude of the first saccade, if applicable, were computed. Results revealed a larger VOR gain as measured by area gain and instantaneous gain at 40 ms specifically for left-head impulses, but not right-head impulses. No significant differences in saccade frequency, amplitude, or latency were observed between groups. These differences appear to stem from a modified eye-to-head relationship during high-velocity head impulses in dancers. More specifically, the dancers' eyes lead head movement during passively applied head impulses, which result in higher VOR gain.NEW & NOTEWORTHY This study demonstrates, for the first time, that long-term dance training results in a nonlinear relationship between eye and head velocity within the first milliseconds following passive head impulse. The data also suggest a larger VOR gain in dancers. This finding suggests that dance training may modify eye-head relationship in passive high-frequency head movements. This is of particular interest for vestibular rehabilitation.

Practice makes perfect: the effect of dance training on the aesthetic judge

According to Hume, experience in observing art is one of the prerequisites for being an ideal art critic. But although Hume extols the value of observing art for the art critic, he says little about the value, for the art critic, of executing art. That is, he does not discuss whether ideal aesthetic judges should have practiced creating the form of art they are judging. In this paper, I address this issue. Contrary to some contemporary philosophers who claim that experience in creating art is irrelevant to one’s ability to judge that art form, as well as to some dance critics who see dance training as possibly even detrimental to one’s aesthetic judgment, I suggest that having practiced dancing makes one a better observer of certain aesthetic qualities of dance. Dance training, I argue, can facilitate a kinesthetic experience upon watching dance without which some aesthetic aspects of a dance performance—such as grace, power, and precision, as perceived kinesthetically—may go unnoticed.

The Effects of Dance Training on Childrenʼs Foot Arch

2355 Since many dancing movements enhance the tone of foot flexors and strengthen the foot arch. Dancing has been used as a rehabilitation exercise to treat flat foot. However the soft tissues is overstretched the stability of the arch could be reduced. PURPOSE: This study aimed to investigate if dance training in childhood changes normal foot arch development. METHODS: The grade 3 dance children were the dancing trained group 3 (DT3, 8.8 ± 0.3 yrs, n = 15), the grade 6 dance children were the dancing trained group 6 (DT6, 11.9 ± 0.3 yrs, n = 15); the normal children at grade 3 were the untrained group 3 (NT3, 9.0 ± 0.3 yrs, n = 15), and the normal grade 6 children were the untrained group 6 (NT6, 11.9 ± 0.3 yrs, n = 15). Bilateral non-weight bearing navicular drop index(NDI) in sitting position and even-weight bearing NDI in standing position were measured for all subjects. RESULTS: In the weight-bearing test, DT6 and UT6 had significant lower NDI (P<0.05) in compared with the DT3 and UT3 groups. This data show that there is a natural maturation in NDI that has nothing to do with dancing. In the weight bearing tests, UT6 had significant lower NDI (P<0.05) than UT3, but no significant different between DT3 and DT6. Thus, the development of foot arch is gradual and matured with age in the non-dancen groups, but not in the dancing groups. CONCLUSIONS: Dancing during childhood might not influence the natural development of foot arch. But over-stretch movements may decrease the elasticity of the soft tissue in feet, thus results in lowered foot arch and structure dysfunction.

The Effects of Dance Training on Children??s Foot Arch

The Effects of Dance Training on Children??s Foot Arch

The effect of dance training on menstrual function in collegiate dancing students.

A total of 98 dancing students from a collegiate school of dancing were studied through interview using a highly structured questionnaire to elicit details of the duration and intensity of dance training, menstrual patterns and musculoskeletal injuries sustained during training; 70 (72%) of these dancing students were eumenorrhoeic, while 15 (15.4%) had oligomenorrhoea. Thirteen (13.4%) either had amenorrhoea for over 90 days at the time of the study, or were on hormonal treatment because of amenorrhoea for over 3 months in the past 1 year. Those who were amenorrhoeic had longer training hours per week when compared with eumenorrhoeic and oligomenorrhoeic students. Both oligomenorrhoeic and amenorrhoeic students had a lower body mass index (18.25 kg/m2 and 18.26 kg/m2 versus 19.45 kg/m2, p < 0.01), and a higher incidence of musculoskeletal injuries and chronic orthopaedic problems compared to eumenorrhoeic ones. Ballet students had a higher incidence of menstrual dysfunction and musculoskeletal injuries as compared to classic Chinese dance, modern dance and musical theatre dance students as well as a significantly lower average body mass index. These data suggest a proportional correlation between menstrual dysfunction and proneness to musculoskeletal injuries in training, which could be explained by a hormonal mechanism.

The Application of a Multiple Measurement Approach to Investigate the Effects of a Dance Program on Educable Mentally Retarded Adolescents

Abstract Little evidence exists to assess the effects of dance training on special populations. Research in this field has relied on pretest-posttest methods for gathering data. While such data gathering methods may be appropriate for particular research problems, alone they may be inadequate for broad-based, exploratory investigations of programs and effects. The present study is an example of a multiple measurement approach that uses eight measurements, in combination, to answer four research questions regarding the physical and social effects that occur when a group of educable mentally retarded adolescents is exposed to a 10-week dance program. The findings revealed that four students showed improvement in both social and physical behaviors, seven students showed improvement in either social or physical behaviors, and two students showed no improvement. There was no evidence of a “transfer effect” due to participation in the program, and some students' behaviors were affected by external factors. The ...