Exercise: Applications to Childhood ADHD

Autor/inn/en	Wigal, Sharon B.; Emmerson, Natasha; Gehricke, Jean-G.; Galassetti, Pietro
Titel	Exercise: Applications to Childhood ADHD
Quelle	In: Journal of Attention Disorders, 17 (2013) 4, S.279-290 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1087-0547
DOI	10.1177/1087054712454192
Schlagwörter	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Neurological Impairments; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Children; Drug Therapy; Exercise; Diabetes; Obesity; Pathology; Physiology; Brain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Child; Kind; Kinder; Übung; Adipositas; Pathologie; Physiologie; Gehirn
Abstract	ADHD is the most common neurobehavioral disorder of childhood, presenting with pervasive and impairing symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity, or a combination. The leading hypothesis of the underlying physiology of this disorder of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity is based on catecholamine dysfunction. Pharmacotherapy research indicates that psychostimulants, which are catecholamine agonists, show the greatest efficacy for treating the core symptoms of ADHD. Exercise affects the same dopaminergic and noradrenergic systems that stimulant medications target and is a stressor, which elicits measurable physiological changes. The magnitude of these peripheral alterations is posited as a potential biomarker of ADHD. The hypothesis that exercise training alters the underlying physiology present in ADHD and other medical conditions as well as conceptual issues behind its potential clinical utility is reviewed. (Contains 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10