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Trial reportJournal of abnormal child psychology2015

A randomized trial examining the effects of aerobic physical activity on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in young children.

Betsy Hoza, Alan L Smith, Erin K Shoulberg, Kate S Linnea, Travis E Dorsch, Jordan A Blazo, Caitlin M Alerding, George P McCabe

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Trial report in Journal of abnormal child psychology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03666416 (Acute Effects of Exercise in College Students With ADHD), which is not on this map. Cited by 47 papers, 16 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT03666416 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2018, after this paper: background citation

Acute Effects of Exercise in College Students With ADHD

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of WyomingRan2018 to 2025Enrolled48ConditionsAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Effects of, Exertion, Working MemoryArmsSprint Interval Training
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 16 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Betsy HozaDepartment of Psychological Science, University of Vermont, 2 Colchester Avenue, Burlington, VT, 05405, USA, bhoza@uvm.edu.
Alan L Smith
Erin K Shoulberg
Kate S Linnea
Travis E Dorsch
Jordan A Blazo
Caitlin M Alerding
George P McCabe

Funding

A Translational Approach to Evaluating the Effects of Physical Activity on ADHDR01MH082893 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & ST AGRIC COLLEGE · PI GREEN, JOHN T, HOZA, BETSY · 2009 to 2013
$3.1M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH082893NIMH NIH HHS R01MH082893
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The goal of this study was to compare the effects of before school physical activity (PA) and sedentary classroom-based (SC) interventions on the symptoms, behavior, moodiness, and peer functioning of young children (M age = 6.83) at risk for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD-risk; n = 94) and typically developing children (TD; n = 108). Children were randomly assigned to either PA or SC and participated in the assigned intervention 31 min per day, each school day, over the course of 12 weeks. Parent and teacher ratings of ADHD symptoms (inattention, hyperactivity/impulsivity), oppositional behavior, moodiness, behavior toward peers, and reputation with peers, were used as dependent variables. Primary analyses indicate that the PA intervention was more effective than the SC intervention at reducing inattention and moodiness in the home context. Less conservative follow-up analyses within ADHD status and intervention groups suggest that a PA intervention may reduce impairment associated with ADHD-risk in both home and school domains; interpretive caution is warranted, however, given the liberal approach to these analyses. Unexpectedly, these findings also indicate the potential utility of a before school SC intervention as a tool for managing ADHD symptoms. Inclusion of a no treatment control group in future studies will enable further understanding of PA as an alternative management strategy for ADHD symptoms.

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SchoolsAttention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityChildChild, PreschoolExerciseExercise TherapyFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID25201345
PMCPMC4826563

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