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SynthesisChild psychiatry and human development2025

The Effect of Physical Activity Intervention on Motor Proficiency in Children and Adolescents with ADHD: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Hok Ling Venus Liu, Fenghua Sun, David I Anderson, Choi Yeung Andy Tse

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Synthesis in Child psychiatry and human development, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Hok Ling Venus LiuDepartment of Health and Physical Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. venusliu@s.eduhk.hk.
Fenghua SunDepartment of Health and Physical Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
David I AndersonMarian Wright Edelman Institute, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, USA.
Choi Yeung Andy TseDepartment of Health and Physical Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a frequently diagnosed neurodevelopmental disorder in children and adolescents. The objective of this review was to synthesize empirical studies that investigated the effects of physical activity (PA) on motor proficiency in this population. A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted following the cochrane guidelines for systematic reviews. In May 2022, a systematic search of eight electronic databases retrieved 476 results, which were screened independently by two reviewers. Based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 12 studies were selected for systematic review, and 10 were included in the meta-analysis. A beneficial effect of PA on overall motor proficiency (SMD = 1.12; 95% CI [0.63 to 1.61]; p < 0.05) was observed. Similar positive effects were found for motor proficiency composites, including object control, fine manual control, and body coordination. These results indicate that PA improves the motor proficiency of children and adolescents with ADHD.

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Attention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityExerciseExercise TherapyMotor SkillsAdolescentChildHumansADHDChildren and adolescentsMotor proficiencyPhysical activity

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PMID37245166

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