Comparação do nível de desenvolvimento motor entre crianças ingressantes e experientes na modalidade dança

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Abstract - Objective: Verify and classify the level of motor development of beginner children and compare them with experienced children at a dance school. Method: Cross-sectional research that used the Rosa Neto Motor Development Scale (2007) as an evaluation instrument. A total of 32 female children participated in the study, aged 3 to 11 years old, divided into two groups (experienced and beginners) in the dance modality. The data were analyzed based on the assumptions of the protocol itself. Results: The results showed a statistically significant difference for the motor variables of balance (p=0.038), body layout and speed (p=0.042), temporal organization (p=0.032) and general motor age (p=0.026), all with superior scores to the experienced group. The motor quotients showed no statistical difference between the groups. The predominance of right-handed laterality was observed in both groups, and the exclusivity of crossed laterality in the experienced group (25%). Conclusions: The motor development of both groups is within normal limits. Experienced children are at a high level of normality when compared to beginners. Temporal organization was the category with the highest scores. Experienced children, when compared to beginners, presented a motor repertoire with a bonus in their motor age, highlighting the importance of dance for motor progress since childhood.