ADHD 아동을 위한 움직임 프로그램이 신체조성과 도파민 및 노르에피네프린에 미치는 영향

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether combined movement has a positive effect on body composition and dopamine, norepinephrine to children with ADHD and offer basic data not only alleviating their symptoms but also curing the symptoms. Both subjects and their parents who participated in this study were informed about the aim of the study and procedure and they consented in written form. Selected subjects were randomly assigned either Movement Group or Control Group. After dividing each group, the subjects were conducted blood sample drawn and required to engage in movement programs for 12 weeks, while control group is required to maintain their normal life. 6 subjects were excluded from this experiment due to their private reasons and thus, total 12 subjects whom divided into MG(n=6) and CG(n=6) performed post-test as same as the pre-test. The movement program of this study was totally comprised of 60mins (warm-up: 5min, main-movement: 50min, cool-down: 5min), 3 times a week, 12 weeks and one week after starting movement was adaption period that all subject learned how to do the movement exactly and safely. After adaptation period of one week, the intensity of main movement started 45~75% of heart rate reserve and ranged in 11~16 RPE and then the intensity was gradually raised. The results of this study are as follows. Movement program for 12 weeks helped development to children with ADHD not only increasing their height and weight but also significantly decreasing BMI and we confirmed that Dopamine was greatly increased, which indicates that movement programs may alleviate problems caused by lack of neurotransmitter to ADHD children. However, to attain much more clear mechanism about the effect of movement and generalize movement program, it may refer to study which is considering more subjects later.