A racket-sport intervention improves behavioral and cognitive performance in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

作者：Pan Chien Yu; Chu Chia Hua; Tsai Chia Liang; Lo Shen Yu; Cheng Yun Wen; Liu Yu Jen

来源：Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2016, 57: 1-10.

DOI：10.1016/j.ridd.2016.06.009

• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• Table tennis exercise
• Motor skills
• Social behaviors
• Executive functions

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.

• 出版日期2016-10