Table 1.
Participants and intervention characteristics.
| Study | Study Design | Participants | Intervention | Duration | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (IG+CG) | Age Range | Health Condition | Classification Health Condtion | Session | Frequency (Days/Week) | Protocol | Follow Up | Comparators | |||
| [33] | Case series design | N = 10 IG = 10 CG = 0 |
0–3 years | extremely preterm and extremely low birth weight expressing motor impairments at 3 years’ corrected age | MABC-2 scored ≤16th | Dance PREEMIE | 30–60 min | 1×/week | 8 weeks | - | - |
| [34] | Randomised controlled, double-arm trial | N = 36 IG = 18 CG = 18 |
6–10 years | Down syndrome | <5 Beighton’s hypermobility test | Indian classical dance | 60 min | 3×/week | 6 weeks | - | Conventional therapy |
| [26] | Non-randomized controlled clinical trial | N = 9 IG = 5 CG = 4 |
7–12 years | CMT | - | Adapted dance program | 60 min | 2×/week | 10 weeks | - | Regular care |
| [30] | Case series design | N = 10 IG = 10 CG = 0 |
10–17 years | CP | GMFCS I a III Spastic N = 6 Ataxic N = 1 Dyscinetic N = 1 Spastic dyscinect N = 1 |
Dance intervention. | 60 a 90 min | 2×/week | 10 weeks | - | - |
| [27] | Single-group cohort study | N = 13 IG = 13 CG = 0 |
13–20 years | CP | GMFCS I N = 3 GMFCS II N = 7 |
Let’s Be Creative Dance Exercise program | 120 min | 2×/week | 12 weeks | - | - |
| [9] | Non-randomized controlled clinical trial | N = 18 IG = 9 CG = 9 |
10–13 years | CP | GMFCS I GMFCS II |
Adapted hip-hop dancing | 60 min | 1×/week | 20 months | - | Conventional therapy |
| [31] | Case series design | N = 4 IG = 4 CG = 0 |
5–10 years | Willians syndrome | - | Dance/ movement therapy (DMT) |
60 min | 1×/week | 10 sessions | - | - |
| [28] | Non-randomized controlled clinical trial | N = 12 IG = 6 CG = 6 |
7–15 years | CP | GMFCS II N = 6 GMFCS III N = 3 GMFCS IV N = 2 |
Targeted dance class, utilizing classical ballet principles for rehabilitation | 60 min | 3×/week | 4 weeks | After 1 month | Conventional therapy |
| [29] | Single-group cohort study | N = 16 IG = 16 CG = 0 |
- | CP | GMFCS I e II GMFCS III e IV |
Classical ballet program | - | 1×/week | 5 a 8 weeks | - | - |
| [32] | Single-group cohort study | N = 14 IG = 14 CG = 0 |
4–13 years | Down syndrome | - | Adapted dance program | 60 min | 1×/week | 20 weeks | - | - |
| [5] | Single-group cohort study | N = 8 IG = 8 CG = 0 |
9–14 years | CP | - | Therapeutic Ballet | 60 min | 3×/week | 6 weeks | After 4–5 weeks. | - |
| [17] | Randomized controlled clinical trial | N = 26 IG= 13 CG= 13 |
15–29 years | CP | GMFCS II N= 9 GMFCS III N= 8 GMFCS IV N= 7 GMFCS V N= 2 |
Dance class | 60 min | 2×/week | 12 weeks | - | Conventional therapy |
N (sample size), IG (Interventions Group), CG (Control Group), CP (Cerebral Palsy), CMT (Charcot Marie Tooth) e GMFCS (Gross Motor Function Classification System); MBAC-2 (Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2nd edition).