The Effect of Aerobic Exercise with Nonlinear Pedagogy on Anxiety, Depression, Motor Proficiency and Cognitive Ability of Boys with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Autor: Behzad Mohammadi Orangi, Rasoul Yaali, Behrouz Ghorbanzadeh, Paul Loprinzi, Amin Abdalifar
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Rehabilitation Sciences and Research, Vol 8, Iss 3, Pp 144-150 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2345-6167
2345-6159
DOI: 10.30476/jrsr.2021.91068.1163
Popis: Background: This study investigated the effects of the aerobic exercise withmusic on anxiety, depression, motor proficiency, and cognitive ability of boyswith Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).Methods: This is a quasi-experimental study. Participant’s comprised aconvenience sample of 36 boys with ADHD. The experimental group (N=18)practiced in non-linear pedagogy (M years=11.32, SD=1.00), whereas the controlgroup (N=18) performed (M years=11.26, SD=0.92) usual school activities in thetraditional method.Results: After participating in the 8-week aerobic training program, motorproficiency, anxiety, depression, working memory, perceptual reasoning, andprocessing speed were improved in the experimental group compared to thecontrol group (p
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