The investigators administered a randomized controlled trial (RCT) through random assignment of children with ADHD into three different groups to compare the effects of cognitive-motor rehabilitation, immediate release methylphenidate, and an active control on the executive functioning, learning, and behavioral symptoms of children with ADHD.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
48
Cognitive-Motor Rehabilitation (CMR) group received 20 sixty-minute sessions of cognitive-motor exercises
2 or 3 doses of 10 mg tablets of immediate-release Methylphenidate (Ritalin) per day for 8 week.
Active Control group simultaneously received 20 sixty-minute sessions of low dose cognitive-motor exercises
Counseling and guidence Center of the Department of education of region 9 of Tehran
Tehran, Iran
Forward/backward digit span tasks from the Wechsler intelligence scale for children 4th edition (WISC-IV)
Time frame: 12 months
Span board task from the Lumosity.com online brain training software
Time frame: 12 months
Listening span task (L.SPAN)
Time frame: 12 months
Stroop color-word test
Time frame: 12 months
Tower of London test (TOL)
Time frame: 12 months
Restricted academic situation scale (RASS)
Time frame: 12 months
Arithmetic task from WISC-IV testing battery
Time frame: 12 months
Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham's parent rating scale (SNAP-IV)
Time frame: 12 months
Dictation and Spelling examination
Time frame: 12 months
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