TY - JOUR
T1 - A racket-sport intervention improves behavioral and cognitive performance in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
AU - Pan, Chien Yu
AU - Chu, Chia Hua
AU - Tsai, Chia Liang
AU - Lo, Shen Yu
AU - Cheng, Yun Wen
AU - Liu, Yu Jen
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by MOST 103-2410-H-017-026-MY3. The authors would like to express their gratitude to all the adolescents who participated in this study, teachers and parents of adolescents for their supports and research assistants who helped with data collection and other contributions.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - The present study assessed the effects of a 12-week table tennis exercise on motor skills, social behaviors, and executive functions in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In the first 12-week phase, 16 children (group I) received the intervention, whereas 16 children (group II) did not. A second 12-week phase immediately followed with the treatments reversed. Improvements were observed in executive functions in both groups after the intervention. After the first 12-week phase, some motor and behavioral functions improved in group I. After the second 12-week phase, similar improvements were noted for group II, and the intervention effects achieved in the first phase were persisted in group I. The racket-sport intervention is valuable in promoting motor skills, social behaviors, and executive functions and should be included within the standard-of-care treatment for children with ADHD.
AB - The present study assessed the effects of a 12-week table tennis exercise on motor skills, social behaviors, and executive functions in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In the first 12-week phase, 16 children (group I) received the intervention, whereas 16 children (group II) did not. A second 12-week phase immediately followed with the treatments reversed. Improvements were observed in executive functions in both groups after the intervention. After the first 12-week phase, some motor and behavioral functions improved in group I. After the second 12-week phase, similar improvements were noted for group II, and the intervention effects achieved in the first phase were persisted in group I. The racket-sport intervention is valuable in promoting motor skills, social behaviors, and executive functions and should be included within the standard-of-care treatment for children with ADHD.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ridd.2016.06.009
DO - 10.1016/j.ridd.2016.06.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 27344348
AN - SCOPUS:84975526344
SN - 0891-4222
VL - 57
SP - 1
EP - 10
JO - Applied Research in Mental Retardation
JF - Applied Research in Mental Retardation
ER -