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Effects of acute physical activity on executive functions requiring inhibition among children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

M. Miklós ,
D. Komáromy ,
J. Futó  and
J. Balazs
M. Miklós*
Affiliation:
Eötvös Loránd University, Institute Of Psychology, Department Of Developmental And Clinical Child Psychology, Budapest, Hungary Pedagogical Assistance Services, Budapest, Hungary
D. Komáromy
Affiliation:
Eötvös Loránd University, Institute Of Psychology, Department Of Developmental And Clinical Child Psychology, Budapest, Hungary Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculty Of Behavioural And Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, Netherlands Universiteit van Amsterdam, Faculty Of Social And Behavioral Sciences, Amsterdam, Netherlands
J. Futó
Affiliation:
Eötvös Loránd University, Institute Of Psychology, Department Of Developmental And Clinical Child Psychology, Budapest, Hungary
J. Balazs
Affiliation:
Eötvös Loránd University, Institute Of Psychology, Department Of Developmental And Clinical Child Psychology, Budapest, Hungary Bjørknes University College, Oslo, Norway
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

In recent years, physical activity as a potential intervention for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) became into the focus of researchers, however the results are conflicting.

Objectives

Our aim was to investigate the effect of acute moderate physical activity on executive functions requiring inhibition.

Methods

The study included 50 treatment-naïve ADHD children, 50 medicated children with ADHD and 50 typically developing children, aged 6–12 years. To diagnose ADHD, we applied the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents. To measure executive functions, the pediatric version of the Test of Attentional Performance (KiTAP) was used. Half of the children in each study group participated in a 20-minute, moderately intense exercise while watching a cartoon video. In the control intervention, the other half of the children from all three study groups watched the same cartoon video in a sitting position for 20 min.

Results

Regarding distractibility, flexibility and inhibition, physical activity had a significant positive effect on two of 10 parameters (number of total errors and errors when distractor was presented, both in the distractibility task) in the treatment-naïve ADHD group.

Conclusions

Our results suggest that moderate acute physical activity has some significant positive effects on certain executive function parameters among children with ADHD. Future studies should consider determining the optimal form, intensity, and duration of physical activity to become a potential adjunctive intervention for children diagnosed with ADHD.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

ADHDexecutive functioninhibitionchildren
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S143
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