Trial reportMedicine and science in sports and exercise2015
Aerobic exercise and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: brain research.
Trial report in Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 52 papers, 20 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Acute Effects of Exercise in College Students With ADHD
Effect of Game-based High-Intensity Interval Training Program on the Executive Function of Children With ADHD: Protocol of A Randomized Controlled Trial
Analysis of the Therapeutic Effect of Blood Flow Reconstruction in the Treatment of Intracranial Dissection Aneurysm of Vertebral Artery
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52 citing papers in PubMed, 20 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 114 citations in OpenAlex.
- Intervention effects of long-term exercise on executive function in children and adolescents with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: a three-level meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.Journal of global health · 2026Pooled it
- The optimal exercise for improving inhibitory control in children and adolescents with NDDs: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Exercise prescription to improve executive functioning in children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a network meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of Six Types of Exercise Interventions on Inhibitory Control, Executive Function, and Gross Motor Skills in Children With ADHD: A Network Meta-Analysis of 26 Randomized Controlled Trials.Brain and behavior · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of physical activity on inhibitory control of adult ADHD: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of global health · 2025Pooled it
- Comparative effectiveness of physical activity interventions on cognitive functions in children and adolescents with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Pooled it
- Exercise prescription to improve inhibitory control in children and adolescents with ADHD: a network meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of aerobic exercise on the improvement of executive function in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of physical exercise on anxiety depression and emotion regulation in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Comparative effectiveness of various physical exercise interventions on executive functions and related symptoms in children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of physical activity on attention in school-age children with ADHD: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Pooled it
- The Efficacy of Physical Activity for Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of attention disorders · 2022Pooled it
- The Effect of Physical Activity Interventions on Executive Function Among People with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Meta-Analysis.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Pooled it
- Neural Effects of Physical Activity and Movement Interventions in Individuals With Developmental Disabilities-A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Meta-analysis and systematic review of physical activity on neurodevelopment disorders, depression, and obesity among children and adolescents.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
- The impact of exercise interventions concerning executive functions of children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Pooled it
- Training-Induced Neural Plasticity in Youth: A Systematic Review of Structural and Functional MRI Studies.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2020Pooled it
- Impact of physical exercise on children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorders: Evidence through a meta-analysis.Medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Sweat it out? The effects of physical exercise on cognition and behavior in children and adults with ADHD: a systematic literature review.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2017Pooled it
- A Meta-Analytic Review of the Efficacy of Physical Exercise Interventions on Cognition in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2016Pooled it
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
purposeAs adjuvant therapy for enhancing the effects of stimulants and thereby minimizing medication doses, we hypothesized that aerobic exercise might be an effective adjunctive therapy for enhancing the effects of methylphenidate on the clinical symptoms, cognitive function, and brain activity of adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
methodsThirty-five adolescents with ADHD were randomly assigned to one of two groups in a 1/1 ratio; methylphenidate treatment + 6-wk exercise (sports-ADHD) or methylphenidate treatment + 6-wk education (edu-ADHD). At baseline and after 6 wk of treatment, symptoms of ADHD, cognitive function, and brain activity were evaluated using the Dupaul attention deficit hyperactivity disorder rating scale--Korean version (K-ARS), the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, and 3-T functional magnetic resonance imaging, respectively.
resultsThe K-ARS total score and perseverative errors in the sports-ADHD group decreased compared with those in the edu-ADHD group. After the 6-wk treatment period, the mean β value of the right frontal lobe in the sports-ADHD group increased compared with that in the edu-ADHD group. The mean β value of the right temporal lobe in the sports-ADHD group decreased. However, the mean β value of the right temporal lobe in the edu-ADHD group did not change. The change in activity within the right prefrontal cortex in all adolescents with ADHD was negatively correlated with the change in K-ARS scores and perseverative errors.
conclusionsThe current results indicate that aerobic exercise increased the effectiveness of methylphenidate on clinical symptoms, perseverative errors, and brain activity within the right frontal and temporal cortices in response to the Wisconsin card sorting test stimulation.
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