- Title
- The effect of a water-based programme on the motor proficiency of children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD)
- Creator
- Joubert, Christine
- Subject
- Hydrotherapy for children -- South Africa
- Subject
- Motor ability in children -- South Africa -- Testing
- Subject
- Children with disabilities -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 2004
- Date
- 2004
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- vital:11032
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/397
- Identifier
- Hydrotherapy for children -- South Africa
- Identifier
- Motor ability in children -- South Africa -- Testing
- Identifier
- Children with disabilities -- South Africa
- Description
- This study determined the effect of a water-based programme on the motor proficiency of children with Development Coordination Disorder (DCD). The water-based programme promoted an alternative environment for DCD children, involving all dimensions of movement. Thirty-one (31) children from Port Elizabeth participated, with an experimental group (n=15) following the eight-week water-based programme, while a control group (n=16) carried on with daily activities. Motor proficiency was measured during three tests, utilizing the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (BOTMP). Results indicated positive effects of the intervention on all the variables of the BOTMP (p < 0.05). Confirming this, three variables obtained practical significance with Cohen’s d > 0.8, and one with 0.2 < d < 0.8. At the end of the three-month duration of the study, the experimental group indicated better performances at the end of the study than at the start, thereby confirming the positive and lasting effect of the water-based intervention programme. Therefore, the use of a water-based programme in improving motor proficiency is supported. However, implementation of the programme over a longer period is recommended.
- Format
- 111 pages
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Port Elizabeth
- Publisher
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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