The effect of acute exercise on cognitive performance in children with and without ADHD

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摘要 Background:Attentiondeficithyperactivitydisorder(ADHD)isacommonchildhooddisorderthataffectsapproximately11%ofchildrenintheUnitedStates.Researchsupportsthatasinglesessionofexercisebenefitscognitiveperformancebychildren,andalimitednumberofstudieshavedemonstratedthattheseeffectscanalsoberealizedbychildrenwithADHD.ThepurposeofthisstudywastoexaminetheeffectofacuteexerciseoncognitiveperformancebychildrenwithandwithoutADHD.Methods:ChildrenwithandwithoutADHDwereaskedtoperformcognitivetaskson2daysfollowingtreatmentconditionsthatwereassignedinarandom,counterbalancedorder.Thetreatmentconditionsconsistedofa30-mincontrolconditionon1dayandamoderateintensityexerciseconditionontheotherday.Results:ExercisesignificantlybenefitedperformanceonallthreeconditionsoftheStroopTask,butdidnotsignificantlyaffectperformanceontheTowerofLondonortheTrailMakingTest.Conclusion:childrenwithandwithoutADHDrealizebenefitsinspeedofprocessingandinhibitorycontrolinresponsetoasessionofacuteexercise,butdonotexperiencebenefitsinplanningorsetshifting.
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出版日期 2015年01月11日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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