Exercise effect sizes on ADHD functional outcomes are not related to exercise intensity, mean age of participants, or gender distribution¶
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q3 i? Meta-analytic effect sizes were not related to exercise intensity, mean age of participants, or gender distribution. → Vysniauske 2020
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Vysniauske 2020¶
Vysniauske, R., Verburgh, L., Oosterlaan, J., & Molendijk, M. L. (2020). The Effects of Physical Exercise on Functional Outcomes in the Treatment of ADHD: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of attention disorders, 24(5), 644-654. https://doi.org/10.1177/1087054715627489
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Moderator analyses in the random-effects meta-analysis of ten publications on exercise and ADHD functional outcomes found no relation for three moderators: "exercise intensity, mean age of participants, or gender distribution." No effect sizes are printed for these tests.
"Effect sizes were not related to exercise intensity, mean age of participants, or gender distribution."
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Related Claims¶
- Physical exercise has a significant modest positive effect on functional outcomes (executive functions and motor skills) in children with ADHD
- Longer exercise intervention duration is consistently associated with larger effect sizes on ADHD functional outcomes
- Small pilot studies provide preliminary evidence that exercise interventions improve behavioral symptoms and neuropsychological functioning in children with ADHD
- Moderate-to-vigorous intensity active breaks are associated with slightly greater working-memory improvements than moderate intensity, in exploratory meta-regression — related
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Exercise effect sizes on ADHD functional outcomes are not related to exercise intensity, mean age of participants, or gender distribution |
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Exercise effect sizes on ADHD functional outcomes are not related to exercise intensity, mean age of participants, or gender distribution |
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