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Effects of an 8-week yoga program on sustained attention and discrimination function in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

This study investigated whether a yoga exercise intervention influenced the sustained attention and discrimination function in children with ADHD. Forty-nine participants (mean age = 10.50 years) were assigned to either a yoga exercise or a control group. Participants were given the Visual Pursuit T...

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Autores principales: Chou, Chien-Chih, Huang, Chung-Ju
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5237364/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28097075
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2883
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description This study investigated whether a yoga exercise intervention influenced the sustained attention and discrimination function in children with ADHD. Forty-nine participants (mean age = 10.50 years) were assigned to either a yoga exercise or a control group. Participants were given the Visual Pursuit Test and Determination Test prior to and after an eight-week exercise intervention (twice per week, 40 min per session) or a control intervention. Significant improvements in accuracy rate and reaction time of the two tests were observed over time in the exercise group compared with the control group. These findings suggest that alternative therapies such as yoga exercises can be complementary to behavioral interventions for children with attention and inhibition problems. Schools and parents of children with ADHD should consider alternatives for maximizing the opportunities that children with ADHD can engage in structured yoga  exercises.
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spelling pubmed-52373642017-01-17 Effects of an 8-week yoga program on sustained attention and discrimination function in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Chou, Chien-Chih Huang, Chung-Ju PeerJ Clinical Trials This study investigated whether a yoga exercise intervention influenced the sustained attention and discrimination function in children with ADHD. Forty-nine participants (mean age = 10.50 years) were assigned to either a yoga exercise or a control group. Participants were given the Visual Pursuit Test and Determination Test prior to and after an eight-week exercise intervention (twice per week, 40 min per session) or a control intervention. Significant improvements in accuracy rate and reaction time of the two tests were observed over time in the exercise group compared with the control group. These findings suggest that alternative therapies such as yoga exercises can be complementary to behavioral interventions for children with attention and inhibition problems. Schools and parents of children with ADHD should consider alternatives for maximizing the opportunities that children with ADHD can engage in structured yoga  exercises. PeerJ Inc. 2017-01-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5237364/ /pubmed/28097075 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2883 Text en ©2017 Chou and Huang http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
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title Effects of an 8-week yoga program on sustained attention and discrimination function in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
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title_fullStr Effects of an 8-week yoga program on sustained attention and discrimination function in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
title_full_unstemmed Effects of an 8-week yoga program on sustained attention and discrimination function in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
title_short Effects of an 8-week yoga program on sustained attention and discrimination function in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
title_sort effects of an 8-week yoga program on sustained attention and discrimination function in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5237364/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28097075
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2883
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