Barudin-Carreiro Amanda, Camhi Sarah M, Stanish Heidi I, Wright Julie A
Counselor Education Department, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA 02325, USA.
Department of Kinesiology, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94117, USA.
Children (Basel). 2024 Mar 13;11(3):341. doi: 10.3390/children11030341.
Children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) struggle with executive functioning (EF). While physical activity (PA) benefits EF, little is known about the impact of specific activities like standing. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of performing a rigorous experimental study to compare the effects of walking and standing on EF in children with ADHD. Six areas of feasibility were assessed: recruitment, randomization, treatment adherence, retention, acceptability of the intervention, and implementation. A randomized pilot study using three parallel conditions compared the effects of two modes of activity on EF in children 6-11 with ADHD. While there were no significant differences between walking and standing for EF, analyses suggest that it is feasible to compare effects of standing vs. walking on EF among children with ADHD. This study supports the feasibility of undertaking a larger scale study to evaluate the effect of standing on EF in children with ADHD.
患有注意力缺陷多动障碍(ADHD)的儿童在执行功能(EF)方面存在困难。虽然体育活动(PA)对执行功能有益,但对于像站立这样的特定活动的影响却知之甚少。本研究的目的是评估进行一项严谨的实验研究以比较行走和站立对ADHD儿童执行功能影响的可行性。评估了六个可行性领域:招募、随机化、治疗依从性、保留率、干预的可接受性和实施情况。一项使用三个平行条件的随机试点研究比较了两种活动模式对6至11岁ADHD儿童执行功能的影响。虽然在执行功能方面行走和站立之间没有显著差异,但分析表明,比较ADHD儿童站立与行走对执行功能的影响是可行的。本研究支持进行更大规模研究以评估站立对ADHD儿童执行功能影响的可行性。