Emerging support for a role of exercise in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder intervention planning

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 543-551

  Berwid, Olga G ^a   Halperin, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Aerobic exercise; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Cognitive development; Cognitive remediation strategies; Cortical development; Executive functioning; Neural growth; Neurocognitive functioning; Nonpharmacological intervention; Outcomes; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ATOMOXETINE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HUMAN; NEUROPROTECTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECREATION; REVIEW; RUNNING; SPORT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT PLANNING; WALKING; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS;

EID: 84870781540     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-012-0297-4     Document Type: Review

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