ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2012
A chan dietary intervention enhances executive functions and anterior cingulate activity in autism spectrum disorders: a randomized controlled trial.
Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05428657 (EC), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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EC (Emotion and Cognition) Brain Program for Children With Special Education Needs in Primary School
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of exercise interventions on executive function in autism spectrum disorder: a three-level meta-analytic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW ABOUT NUTRITIONAL INTERVENTIONS.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2020Pooled it
- A chinese mind-body exercise improves self-control of children with autism: a randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2013Trial
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- Association between dietary quality and executive functions in school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- A ChineseFrontiers in aging neuroscience · 2017Article
- Microcurrent stimulation at shenmen acupoint facilitates EEG associated with sleepiness and positive mood: a randomized controlled electrophysiological study.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2015Article
- Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Autism Spectrum Disorder.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2015Review
- A Chinese Chan-based lifestyle intervention improves memory of older adults.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2014Article
- A randomized controlled neurophysiological study of a chinese chan-based mind-body intervention in patients with major depressive disorder.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2013Article
- Diet and special educational needs (SENs) among children and adolescents: a systematic review.Porto biomedical journalReview
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Abstract
Executive dysfunctions have been found to be related to repetitive/disinhibited behaviors and social deficits in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). This study aims to investigate the potential effect of a Shaolin-medicine-based dietary modification on improving executive functions and behavioral symptoms of ASD and exploring the possible underlying neurophysiological mechanisms. Twenty-four children with ASD were randomly assigned into the experimental (receiving dietary modification for one month) and the control (no modification) groups. Each child was assessed on his/her executive functions, behavioral problems based on parental ratings, and event-related electroencephalography (EEG) activity during a response-monitoring task before and after the one month. The experimental group demonstrated significantly improved mental flexibility and inhibitory control after the diet modification, which continued to have a large effect size within the low-functioning subgroup. Such improvements coincided with positive evaluations by their parents on social communication abilities and flexible inhibitory control of daily behaviors and significantly enhanced event-related EEG activity at the rostral and subgenual anterior cingulate cortex. In contrast, the control group did not show any significant improvements. These positive outcomes of a one-month dietary modification on children with ASD have implicated its potential clinical applicability for patients with executive function deficits.
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