Your Therapy Source Magazine for Pediatric Therapists March 2015

Physical Fitness, Self Control and ADHD The Journal of Psychophysiology investigated the relationship between physical ﬁtness and resting-state electroencephalographic (EEG) oscillations in 28 children (23 boys and 5 girls) with ADHD. In addition, each child completed a battery of physical ﬁtness assessments including ﬂexibility, muscular endurance, power, and agility tests. The results indicated the following: 1. ADHD children with higher power ﬁtness exhibited a smaller theta/alpha ratio than those with lower power ﬁtness. The researchers concluded that power ﬁtness may be associated with improved attentional self-control in children with ADHD. Power is the ability to exert a maximal amount of force in as short of a time as possible. Here is a previous blog post entitled 5 Physical Activities to Increase Power In Children at http://yourtherapysource.com/blog1/2014/04/24/5-physical-activities-to-increase-power-inchildren/. High Fast Skips are a great exercise to increase power. This exercise is available in the 25+ Bilateral Coordination Exercises download. Find out more here http://www.yourtherapysource.com/bilateralcoordination.html www.YourTherapySource.com

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