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Lower extremity response time performance in boys with ADHD

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posted on 2025-03-18, 23:59 authored by Scott PedersenScott Pedersen, M Heath, PR Surburg

Objective: Children with ADHD have been labeled as "uncoordinated" and "inefficient movers"; however, a paucity of research has systematically examined "stimulant-free" motor processing in this population.

Method: In the present investigation, the authors employ a cross-lateral integration task to assess the attainment of a motor milestone in a corpus of 16 adolescents with ADHD acutely removed from their daily medication routine (methylphenidate) and 19 age-matched peers. Participants perform a choice response time task involving the lower extremity to targets located at midline and in ipsilateral and contralateral space.

Results/Conclusion: This investigation finds that children with ADHD have slower lower extremity reaction and movement times compared to controls, and all preadolescent children demonstrate an inhibition in processing movements that require crossing the midline of the body.

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Publication title

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volume

10

Issue

4

Pagination

343-349

ISSN

1087-0547

Department/School

Education

Publisher

Sage Publications

Publication status

  • Published

Place of publication

USA

Rights statement

Copyright 2007 SAGE Publications

Socio-economic Objectives

160199 Learner and learning not elsewhere classified

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