title: Comparing the Effects of Drug Therapy, Perceptual Motor Training, and Both Combined on the Motor Skills of School-Aged Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Children.
abstract: The purpose of this research was to compare the effects of drug therapy, perceptual motor training and a combination of drug therapy and perceptual motor training on gross and fine motor skills of 6 to 12 year-old Iranian attention deficit hyperactivity disorder children. Thirty-six attention deficit hyperactivity disorder children currently under treatment in three Iranian psychological-neurological clinics participated in this research study. Participants were sampled from the accessible population and randomly assigned to three experimental groups (n = 12 each). The Conners Parent Rating Scale was used to classify the children and the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency was administered before and after a three month treatment/ training session. Participants in the first experimental group received drug therapy (including methylphenidate). In the second group participants took part in 18 sessions of perceptual-motor skill training for six consecutive weeks, and in the third group children received both interventions. The results indicated that interventions using perceptual-motor training alone or in combination with a drug therapy significantly improved both gross and fine motor skills over a period of six weeks. Participants in the drug-only group showed no improvement in motor performance.
authors.forename: Susan Nasiri
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Taft Yazd
authors.forename: Farahnaz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ayatizadeh
authors.forename: Faezeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dehghan
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.affiliation: Institute of Sport Science,University of Bern, Fabrikstrasse 8, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland. mirko.wegner@ispw.unibe.ch.
authors.forename: Mirko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wegner
mesh_terms: D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000187:drug effects; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs