Title: Physical activity affect executive functions in children with attention deficit disorder: A randomized, controlled trial with 3-month follow-up

Abstract

Objectives: Since few studies have explored the impact of Physical Activity on cognitive functions in children with Attention Deficit/ Disorder (ADD), this study is designed to evaluate the impact Physical Activity training Affect executive functions in children with ADD. Methods: sample of 60 children with ADD in the age range of 10 to 14 years were randomized into a 16-week Physical Activity training (n = 30) or control group (n = 30. ). Also, the participants were followed up after 3months Physical Activity Results:significantly benefited performance in EF in post-test and follow-up, particularly in omission errors, commission errors, and reaction time (p<0.05). also, the results showed that switching attention just significantly improved in post-test, in perseverative error, non-perseverative error, and total error (p<0.05). conclusion :Findings support Physical Activity on attention difficulties in in children with ADD.