Balance Training as an Adjunct to Methylphenidate: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study of Behavioral Improvement Among Children With ADHD in China
Objective: This study aimed to compare the therapeutic effects of two different approaches to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): (1) methylphenidate (MPH) treatment combined with balance training, and (2) MPH monotherapy.Methods: The study was based on a randomized, single-blind trial...
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| description | Objective: This study aimed to compare the therapeutic effects of two different approaches to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): (1) methylphenidate (MPH) treatment combined with balance training, and (2) MPH monotherapy.Methods: The study was based on a randomized, single-blind trial involving 27 ADHD patients. An experimental group received the treatment combining MPH and balance training, while a control group were administered just MPH. After 40 sessions of training at the 6-month mark, patients' improvement as observed in their core symptoms and behavioral problems were compared between the experimental and control group.Results: A total of 27 patients underwent randomization, with 13 assigned to the experimental group and 14 to the control group. After the 6-month trial, the experimental group outperformed the control group in terms of teachers' scores for inattention on the ADHD-RS-IV (19.38 ± 2.96 vs. 23.21 ± 3.91, t = −2.854, P = 0.009). The experimental group also showed greater improvement on the items involving behavior (3.14 ± 1.46 vs. 5.24 ± 1.04, t = 1.463, P = 0.026) and hyperactivity (1.92 ± 1.19 vs. 3.86 ± 2.32, t = −2.697, P = 0.012).Conclusion: In children with ADHD, the experimental group displayed a significant improvement in the symptoms and behavior associated with inattention than did the group whose treatment consisted of only MPH. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5f93dc97f5f84f29a0f1d9e21dac499b2022-12-21T22:57:36ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402021-01-011110.3389/fpsyt.2020.552174552174Balance Training as an Adjunct to Methylphenidate: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study of Behavioral Improvement Among Children With ADHD in ChinaLei Feng0Lei Feng1Lei Feng2Yuanchun Ren3Jia Cheng4Jia Cheng5Yufeng Wang6Yufeng Wang7Peking University Sixth Hospital, Institute of Mental Health, Beijing, ChinaNational Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders and the Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Peking University, Beijing, ChinaNational Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders and Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, ChinaCollege of Physical Education and Sports, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, ChinaPeking University Sixth Hospital, Institute of Mental Health, Beijing, ChinaNational Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders and the Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Peking University, Beijing, ChinaPeking University Sixth Hospital, Institute of Mental Health, Beijing, ChinaNational Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders and the Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Peking University, Beijing, ChinaObjective: This study aimed to compare the therapeutic effects of two different approaches to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): (1) methylphenidate (MPH) treatment combined with balance training, and (2) MPH monotherapy.Methods: The study was based on a randomized, single-blind trial involving 27 ADHD patients. An experimental group received the treatment combining MPH and balance training, while a control group were administered just MPH. After 40 sessions of training at the 6-month mark, patients' improvement as observed in their core symptoms and behavioral problems were compared between the experimental and control group.Results: A total of 27 patients underwent randomization, with 13 assigned to the experimental group and 14 to the control group. After the 6-month trial, the experimental group outperformed the control group in terms of teachers' scores for inattention on the ADHD-RS-IV (19.38 ± 2.96 vs. 23.21 ± 3.91, t = −2.854, P = 0.009). The experimental group also showed greater improvement on the items involving behavior (3.14 ± 1.46 vs. 5.24 ± 1.04, t = 1.463, P = 0.026) and hyperactivity (1.92 ± 1.19 vs. 3.86 ± 2.32, t = −2.697, P = 0.012).Conclusion: In children with ADHD, the experimental group displayed a significant improvement in the symptoms and behavior associated with inattention than did the group whose treatment consisted of only MPH.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.552174/fullADHDmethylphenidatebalance trainingpilot randomized controlled trialefficacy |
| spellingShingle | Lei Feng Lei Feng Lei Feng Yuanchun Ren Jia Cheng Jia Cheng Yufeng Wang Yufeng Wang Balance Training as an Adjunct to Methylphenidate: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study of Behavioral Improvement Among Children With ADHD in China Frontiers in Psychiatry ADHD methylphenidate balance training pilot randomized controlled trial efficacy |
| title | Balance Training as an Adjunct to Methylphenidate: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study of Behavioral Improvement Among Children With ADHD in China |
| title_full | Balance Training as an Adjunct to Methylphenidate: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study of Behavioral Improvement Among Children With ADHD in China |
| title_fullStr | Balance Training as an Adjunct to Methylphenidate: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study of Behavioral Improvement Among Children With ADHD in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Balance Training as an Adjunct to Methylphenidate: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study of Behavioral Improvement Among Children With ADHD in China |
| title_short | Balance Training as an Adjunct to Methylphenidate: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study of Behavioral Improvement Among Children With ADHD in China |
| title_sort | balance training as an adjunct to methylphenidate a randomized controlled pilot study of behavioral improvement among children with adhd in china |
| topic | ADHD methylphenidate balance training pilot randomized controlled trial efficacy |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.552174/full |
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