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Effect of acute exercise on executive function in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder . This study was conducted to determine the effect of acute aerobic exercise on executive function in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD ) . Forty children with ADHD were randomly assigned into exercise or control groups . Participants in the exercise group performed a moderate intensity aerobic exercise for 30 min , whereas the control group watched a running/exercise-related video . Neuropsychological tasks , the Stroop Test and the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test ( WCST ) , were assessed before and after each treatment . The results indicated that acute exercise facilitated performance in the Stroop Test , particularly in the Stroop Color-Word condition . Additionally , children in the exercise group demonstrated improvement in specific WCST performances in Non-perseverative Errors and Categories Completed , whereas no influences were found in those performances in the control group . Tentative explanations for the exercise effect postulate that exercise allocates attention resources , influences the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex , and is implicated in exercise-induced dopamine release . These findings are promising and additional investigations to explore the efficacy of exercise on executive function in children with ADHD are encouraged .
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Intervention_Physical
acute exercise
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Intervention_Physical
acute aerobic exercise
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Intervention_Physical
moderate intensity aerobic exercise for 30 min
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Intervention_Other
running/exercise-related video
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Intervention_Physical
efficacy of exercise
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Outcome_Mental
executive function
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Outcome_Mental
executive function
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Outcome_Mental
Neuropsychological tasks , the Stroop Test and the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test ( WCST )
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Outcome_Mental
Stroop Color-Word condition .
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Outcome_Mental
WCST performances
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Outcome_Mental
Non-perseverative Errors and Categories Completed
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Outcome_Mental
attention
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Outcome_Mental
dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
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Outcome_Mental
exercise-induced dopamine release .
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Outcome_Other
efficacy
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Participant_Age
children
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Participant_Condition
with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder .
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Participant_Age
children
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Participant_Condition
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
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Participant_Condition
ADHD
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Participant_Age
children
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Participant_Condition
ADHD