A124: The Effects of Cognitively Challenging Sports Games on Balance in Children with ADHD

To investigate the intervention effect of cognitively challenging sports games on the balance ability of children. Forty-two children with ADHD aged 7-11 years (randomly divided into a test group n=20 and a control group n=22) and 20 healthy children were included in the study. The test group was exposed to a moderately intense cognitively challenging sports game for 8 weeks (2 times per week, 60 minutes each time), and the effects of the intervention were assessed by the closed-eye, one-legged standing test (static balance) and the stellate-stretching balance test (dynamic balance). After the intervention, the static balance of the test group improved significantly, and the time of standing on one foot with eyes closed increased from 9.98±4.26 seconds to 17.57±10.92 seconds before the intervention (t=3.12, Cohen'd=0.75), which was superior to that of the ADHD control group (P