title: [Therapeutic effects of exercise-based treatment programme on children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effects of an exercise-based treatment programme (dyslexia, dyspraxia and attention-deficit treatment, DDAT) on various subtypes of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety-one ADHD children with standing balance dysfunction (ADHD-I 43, ADHD-HI 15 and ADHD-C 33) were given DDAT for 6 months, the efficacy of DDAT was evaluated before DDAT, three, six months after the treatment and three month after end of the treatment according to SNAP-IV, before and after the treatment by balancing function test and Conners Parents Rating Scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Inattention subscale scores of ADHD-I, ADHD-HI and ADHD-C before and after the interventions were 1.99 ± 0.34, 0.96 ± 0.31, 2.17 ± 0.31and 1.19 ± 0.45, 0.81 ± 0.28, 1.32 ± 0.37, differences of ADHD-I and ADHD-C were significant (P < 0.05), hyperactivity subscale scores of three subtypes of ADHD were 0.81 ± 0.35, 2.01 ± 0.35, 1.96 ± 0.33 vs.0.45 ± 0.33, 0.79 ± 0.41, 1.10 ± 0.35, there were significant differences as well (P < 0.05). The score of hyperactivity symptom was reduced more compared to that of inattention symptom by the SNAP-IV scale parent forms. There were significant difference before and after the treatment based on Conners parent scale for conduct problem (1.11 ± 0.48 vs. 0.76 ± 0.44) , learning problem (1.97 ± 0.58 vs.1.60 ± 0.67), psychosomatic problems (0.61 ± 0.49 vs. 0.29 ± 0.35) , activity/ hyperactivity (1.46 ± 0.69 vs.1.09 ± 0.55) and anxiousness (1.05 ± 0.63 vs.0.62 ± 0.47) as well (P < 0.05); the standing balance dysfunction improved for most of the children, total effective rate was 87.9%, no significant difference was found among the three subtypes (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  DDAT is a safe and efficient intervention for the ADHD children with standing balance dysfunction, the improvement on hyperactivity symptom was better than that on inattention symptom. This study shows that an exercise-based treatment programme for cerebellum function improves symptoms of ADHD and balance function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, Shenzhen 518020, China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Email: fwen62@126.com.
authors.forename: Feiqiu
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Jianan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jinli
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Keying
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yanzhao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome