Clinical Sports Medicine
Background: This study investigates the efficacy of an adapted physical activity program on reaction performance in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).Methods: Study participants consist of 37 children with ADHD aged 8 -11 years old, were divided into intervention and cont...
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Dynamic Media Sales Verlag
2021
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/e686b0f22fbf4a9bbc00a7068d410d49 |
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| Summary: | Background: This study investigates the efficacy of an adapted physical activity program on reaction performance in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).Methods: Study participants consist of 37 children with ADHD aged 8 -11 years old, were divided into intervention and control groups. The intervention consisted of a 60-minute adapted physical exercise program occurring two times per week for eight weeks. This intervention program, which combined both aerobic and perceptual-motor exercise characteristics, was designed with a diverse set of exercise games. Two tests of joystick were employed: a simple reaction time test (SRT), and a four-choice reaction time test (CRT).Results: Our results showed that whole group (pretest: 808243 ms; posttest: 714197 ms, p<0.05), boys (pretest: 764277 ms; posttest: 685228 ms, p<0.05), and girls (pretest: 91856 ms; posttest: 78851 ms, p<0.05) had reduced CRT in the intervention group but not in the control group, and there was no significant change in the variability of SRT and CRT in all groups.Conclusion: Our study found that the adapted physical exercise used in this study influenced the performance of a sensory-dependent cognitive task of children with ADHD. This confirms that exercise can be a useful intervention tool for these children, especially those who are looking to improve these aspects of their executive functions and complicated sensorimotor ability.Key Words: Exercise Games, Information Processing, Executive Function, Reaction Time |
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