1. The Effect of a Balance Training Program under Dual-Task Conditions on Working Memory of Children with Developmental Coordination Disability
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Hamideh Jahanbakhsh, Mehdi Sohrabi, Aireza Saberi Kakhki, and Ezzat Khodashenas
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dual task ,single task ,work memory ,developmental coordination disorder ,executive function ,Sports ,GV557-1198.995 - Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a selected balance training program under dual and single-task conditions on working memory of children with developmental coordination disorder. The research method was semi-experimental and a pre-test-post-test- follow-up design with a control group. In this study, 39 boys with DCD were selected by the available sampling method and randomly assigned to three groups: Dual-task training (n=13), single-task training (n=13), and control (n=13). The two experimental groups performed a selected training program with two different conditions for 8 weeks. All subjects were evaluated in three stages of pre-test, post-test and follow-up test (two months after post-test) by the Corsi block-tapping test (working memory test). Data analysis using ANOVA with the repeated measure as well as one-way ANCOVA showed that in the post-test, working memory in dual-task group was superior to both single and control groups (P
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- 2020
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