Taekwondo Practice in Adolescents With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

University of Genova

Status: Completed

Conditions: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Taekwondo practice; Other: CONTROL

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03678844

TKD0012

Details and patient eligibility

About

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neuro-developmental/behavioral disorders among adolescents. Sport and physical activity seem to play a major role in the development of cognition, memory, selective attention and motor reaction time, especially among adolescents with ADHD. In this context, the objective of this study was to investigate the effects of a one and a half year long Taekwondo (TKD) intervention on cognitive function in adolescents with ADHD.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Exclusion criteria

• Participants with good attentional performance

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Taekwondo practice

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Taekwondo practice

Other: CONTROL

CONTROL

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Taekwondo practice

Other: CONTROL