title: Exercise reduces the symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and improves social behaviour, motor skills, strength and neuropsychological parameters.
abstract: This review summarises research studies on the impact and beneficial effects of different types of exercise on childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and provides recommendations for the scientific and therapeutic communities.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although the design and the exercise interventions featured in these studies varied considerably, all showed that exercise reduced the symptoms of ADHD and led to improvements in social behaviour, motor skills, strength and neuropsychological parameters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: Carolin Friederike
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Kamp
authors.forename: Billy
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sperlich
authors.forename: Hans-Christer
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Holmberg
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000628:therapy*; D015444:Exercise; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006801:Humans; D009048:Motor Skills; D053580:Muscle Strength; D012919:Social Behavior; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: ADHD; Children; Exercise; Motor skills; Social behaviour