Motor-Sensory Learning in Children with Disabilities: Does Piano Practice Help?
Background/Objectives: Patients with physical disabilities, like cerebral palsy, the most common movement disorder in childhood, can benefit from instrumental therapy using piano. Playing the piano promotes the interaction between different brain regions and integrates motor skills, sensory skills,...
| Publicado en: | Children Vol. 12; no. 3; pp. 335 - 352 |
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| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Mar2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=184129918&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 184129918 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 22279067 LW6K jtl: Children issn: 22279067 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2025 vid: 12 iid: 3 pid: 97109 pub: MDPI artinfo: ui: 184129918 184129918 184129918 10.3390/children12030335 184129918 ppf: 335 ppct: 17 formats: tig: atl: Motor-Sensory Learning in Children with Disabilities: Does Piano Practice Help? aug: au: Strübbe, Simon Roy, Susmita Sidorenko, Irina Lampe, Renée affil: Research Unit of the Buhl-Strohmaier Foundation for Cerebral Palsy and Pediatric Neuroorthopaedics, Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Orthopaedics, School of Medicine and Health, TUM University Hospital Rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany sug: subj: Children with Disabilities Motor Skills Education Hearing Education Psychomotor Performance Education Learning Methods In Infancy and Childhood Learning Methods In Adolescence Music Human Male Female Child Adolescence Pilot Studies Funding Source Motor Skills Evaluation Hearing Evaluation Neuropsychological Tests Music Therapy Equipment and Supplies Multimethod Studies Outcomes of Education Treatment Outcomes Child: 6-12 years Adolescent: 13-18 years Male Female ab: Background/Objectives: Patients with physical disabilities, like cerebral palsy, the most common movement disorder in childhood, can benefit from instrumental therapy using piano. Playing the piano promotes the interaction between different brain regions and integrates motor skills, sensory skills, musical hearing, and emotions. A pilot music study examined the effects of six months of piano lessons on hand motor skills and musical hearing in groups of children with motor disabilities. Methods: The allocation to the group was not randomized. Various tests, including the standardized Box and Block Test (BBT) and piano tests, assessed hand motor skills. Musical hearing was evaluated, and a questionnaire was used to determine the participants' enjoyment and experience with the piano lessons. The regularity, tempo of keystrokes, and synchronization between the two hands were assessed and compared to evaluate the effects of six months of piano training. Results: After six months of piano training, statistically significant improvements were observed in the BBT, as well as in the regularity and tempo of the non-dominant hand. The children showed significant improvement in hand-motor control, moving 27.3% more cubes in the BBT. Regularity and tempo in piano playing, especially in the non-dominant hand, also improved. Moreover, 55% of the children better recognized the correct pitches of notes. Conclusions: Thus, this study supports the concept that piano lessons are an effective form of physical therapy for the development of hand motor skills and musical hearing. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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