The effects of physical exercise in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized control trials
| Autor: | Antonio García-Hermoso, María Jesús Pardo-Guijarro, Mairena Sánchez-López, J. L. Santos Gómez, Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno, Alberto José Cerrillo-Urbina |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
education Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Physical exercise Cochrane Library Impulsivity medicine.disease law.invention Randomized controlled trial law Meta-analysis Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Physical therapy Aerobic exercise Anxiety Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medicine.symptom Psychiatry Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Child: Care, Health and Development. 41:779-788 |
| ISSN: | 0305-1862 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cch.12255 |
| Popis: | Objective: The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to examine the evidence for the effectiveness of exercise interventions on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)-related symptoms such as inattention, hyperactivity/impulsivity, anxiety and cognitive functions in children and adolescents. Method: Five databases covering the period up to November 2014 (PubMed, Scopus, EMBASE, EBSCO [E-journal, CINAHL, SportDiscus] and The Cochrane Library) were searched. Methodological quality was assessed using the Cochrane tool of bias. Standardized mean differences (SMD) and 95% confidence intervals were calculated, and the heterogeneity of the studies was estimated using Cochran's Q-statistic. Results: Eight randomized controlled trials (n=249) satisfied the inclusion criteria. The studies were grouped according to the intervention programme: aerobic and yoga exercise. The meta-analysis suggests that aerobic exercise had a moderate to large effect on core symptoms such as attention (SMD=0.84), hyperactivity (SMD=0.56) and impulsivity (SMD=0.56) and related symptoms such as anxiety (SMD=0.66), executive function (SMD=0.58) and social disorders (SMD=0.59) in children with ADHD. Yoga exercise suggests an improvement in the core symptoms of ADHD. Conclusions: The main cumulative evidence indicates that short-term aerobic exercise, based on several aerobic intervention formats, seems to be effective for mitigating symptoms such as attention, hyperactivity, impulsivity, anxiety, executive function and social disorders in children with ADHD. © 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. |
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