TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhanced Physical Activity Improves Selected Outcomes in Children With ADHD
T2 - Systematic Review
AU - Song, Min Kyoung
AU - Lauseng, Deborah
AU - Lee, Soohee
AU - Nordstrom, Megan
AU - Katch, Victor
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - This review examines associations between physical activity (PA) and cognitive, behavioral, and physiological outcomes in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We reviewed studies on participants ≤18 years old, published in English between January 1998 and December 2014, in PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Cochrane Reviews. Twenty-six studies were grouped into two categories: those that did and did not account for effects of ADHD medications. The first category showed lower levels of PA and improved cognitive and behavioral outcomes in youth whose ADHD was treated with medications. The second category showed a positive association between PA levels and cognitive and behavioral outcomes in youth whose ADHD was not treated with medications. For both categories of studies, results were inconclusive regarding physiological outcomes. Randomized controlled trials are needed to better clarify the relationship between PA and outcomes in youth with ADHD, and particularly to understand the impact of ADHD medications on that relationship.
AB - This review examines associations between physical activity (PA) and cognitive, behavioral, and physiological outcomes in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We reviewed studies on participants ≤18 years old, published in English between January 1998 and December 2014, in PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Cochrane Reviews. Twenty-six studies were grouped into two categories: those that did and did not account for effects of ADHD medications. The first category showed lower levels of PA and improved cognitive and behavioral outcomes in youth whose ADHD was treated with medications. The second category showed a positive association between PA levels and cognitive and behavioral outcomes in youth whose ADHD was not treated with medications. For both categories of studies, results were inconclusive regarding physiological outcomes. Randomized controlled trials are needed to better clarify the relationship between PA and outcomes in youth with ADHD, and particularly to understand the impact of ADHD medications on that relationship.
KW - attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
KW - children
KW - physical activity
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U2 - 10.1177/0193945916649954
DO - 10.1177/0193945916649954
M3 - Review article
C2 - 27226208
AN - SCOPUS:84981723062
SN - 0193-9459
VL - 38
SP - 1155
EP - 1184
JO - Western journal of nursing research
JF - Western journal of nursing research
IS - 9
ER -