The effect of a recreational program accompanied by music on some indicators of body mass and fat in children with Down syndrome (Trisomy 21)

Abstract

The effect of the recreational program and the followed program on some indicators of body mass and fat specified in the research.

  The researchers relied on the experimental method according to the experimental design, which is known as the design of two equal groups with a pre-test and a post-test. The research sample was selected from people with Down syndrome aged (9-14) years, with (20) children and males only, and they were randomly distributed into two groups, control and experimental, with (10) children for each group. The research tools were determined by some indicators of body mass and fat. The researchers conducted equivalence and homogeneity for the study variables. After completing the implementation of the recreational program, post-tests were conducted and the data were processed using appropriate statistical methods. The study reached a set of conclusions, the most important of which are:  The effectiveness of the recreational program accompanied by music in having a positive effect on reducing the percentage of fat and waist circumference and increasing the percentage (BMI)، The recreational program accompanied by music contributed significantly to the size of the effect on the variables (fat, BMI, waist circumference) compared to the program followed،The study recommended the need to emphasize the application of recreational programs accompanied by music for its effective role in reducing the percentage of fat and waist circumference and increasing the body mass،index.