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Effects of an Aerobic Exercise Intervention on Core Symptoms, Executive Functioning, and Quality of Life in Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

No phase Interventional ADHD

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What is being studied
The protocol lists: aerobics exercises.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: ADHD. Basic parameters: 7 years — 14 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
China
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Overview

Selecting a maternal and child healthcare hospital in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, 50 cases of ADHD children as the study subjects, according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria to screen the eligible study subjects, introduction of the purpose and process of the study, informed consent to enrolment, the children were divided into the intervention group and the control group. The experimental group used aerobic exercise, while the control group was given daily physical activity, and general information questionnaires, Conners Parental Symptom Questionnaire, SNAP-IV scale, Stroop Colour Word Test, Rey Complex Graphics Test, Connection Test, Children's Depressive Disorder Self-assessment Scale, Children's Anxious Mood Disorder Screening Scale, Children's Quality of Life Universal Core Scale, and Children's Executive Functioning Questionnaire were assessed.

Detailed description

Purposive sampling method was used to select a maternal and child healthcare hospital in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, 50 cases of ADHD children as the study subjects, according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria to screen the eligible study subjects, introduction of the purpose and process of the study, informed consent to enrolment, the children were divided into age, gender, clinical typing, medication use, family proximity, Conners scores and SNAP-IV scores matching the intervention group and the control group. The experimental group used aerobic exercise, while the control group was given daily physical activity, and general information questionnaires, Conners Parental Symptom Questionnaire, SNAP-IV scale, Stroop Colour Word Test, Rey Complex Graphics Test, Connection Test, Children's Depressive Disorder Self-assessment Scale, Children's Anxious Mood Disorder Screening Scale, Children's Quality of Life Universal Core Scale, and Children's Executive Functioning Questionnaire were assessed.

Interventions

  • Behavioral aerobics exercises
    Moderate-intensity aerobic exercise for 30-60 min 3 times per week for 12 weeks

Primary outcome measures

  • ADHD core symptoms [Time frame: Immediately after the intervention]
Secondary outcome measures (3)
  • executive function [Time frame: Immediately after the intervention]
  • quality of life [Time frame: Immediately after the intervention]
  • mental health [Time frame: Immediately after the intervention]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Children clinically diagnosed with ADHD;
  • 7-14 years old;
  • Combined Raven's Test ≥ 80;
  • Not participating in any treatment other than drug therapy;
  • The body can participate in sports training;
  • The type of family intimacy is intimate or above;
  • Voluntarily participate and sign an informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

  • Children with a history of epileptic seizures;
  • Children with other mental or motor disorders;
  • Children with visual impairments;
  • Using other psychotropic drugs;
  • Have other comorbidities;
  • Merge other serious chronic diseases (such as severe heart, brain, kidney, lung, etc.), tumors, etc

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Allocation
Non-randomized
Model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single blind
Primary purpose
Treatment

Study locations

China · 1 center
  • Nanshan Maternal and Child Health Hospital — Guangzhou

Identifiers

NCT: NCT06553430 · LXiao

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗