Friedreich’s Ataxia: dance and somatic education a case report

• Main Authors: Fanny Aparecida Condé Teixeira, Bianca Christian Medeiros Sales, Elizângela Fernandes Ferreira, Elisa Almeida Costa, Luana Neves Damasceno, Eveline Torres Pereira
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista 2018-12-01
• Series: Motriz: Revista de Educacao Fisica
• Subjects: Friedreich Ataxia; psychomotor performance; dancing
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-65742018000300503&lng=en&tlng=en

Abstract This research aims to determine the effects of a dance program in dialogue with somatic education in psychomotor aspects in a subject with Friedreich ataxia. We used the research method intra-subject BAB design, were phase “B” comprises the treatment phase through interventions with stimuli, and “A” the stimuli are removed. We performed a dance program with 24 interventions on a subject with Friedreich Ataxia, and assessed pre- and post-program through the Monitoring Instrument Learning in Educational Dance. The results showed that the dance program with somatic education can improve the analyzed skills: getting up, sitting, shifting feet, shifting the ground, sitting position, body image, movement rhythm, and fluency movement.