title: The Impact of a 35-Week Long-Term Exercise Therapy on Psychosocial Health of Children With Benign Epilepsy.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of a 35-week exercise program and its efficacy on neurocognitive and psychological variables in children with benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes. Ten children with benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (aged 8 to 12 years) completed a 35-week exercise program consisting of supervised sport activities for 5 weeks and home-based exercise program for 30 weeks. The children and their parents participated in neurocognitive and psychological evaluations including measures of attention, executive function, behaviors, and quality of life at baseline and postexercise follow-up at the 35th week. At postintervention evaluation, significant improvements were seen relative to baseline in neurocognitive domains such as psychomotor speed, sustained attention, divided attention, and inhibition-disinhibition ability, and in psychological domains including internalizing behavior problems, general health, and general quality of life. Long-term exercise intervention may have benefits for some aspects of neurocognitive and psychological function in children with benign epilepsy.
authors.affiliation: Epilepsy Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Soyong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eom
authors.affiliation: Department of Sport and Leisure Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Mi Kyung
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Sport and Leisure Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Ji-Hye
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Epilepsy Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Dongpyo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Neurology, Pediatric Epilepsy Clinics, Severance Children's Hospital, Epilepsy Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hoon-Chul
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Neurology, Pediatric Epilepsy Clinics, Severance Children's Hospital, Epilepsy Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Joon Soo
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Sport and Leisure Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea jjeon@yonsei.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Justin Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Neurology, Pediatric Epilepsy Clinics, Severance Children's Hospital, Epilepsy Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea hdkimmd@yuhs.ac.
authors.forename: Heung Dong
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D056344:Executive Function; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D000066553:Problem Behavior; D011788:Quality of Life; D013177:Sports; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: attention; behavior problem; executive function; pediatric epilepsy; quality of life