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N/ACompleted· 23 enrolled

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Children's Yogabehavioral

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The Effects of Yoga on Attention, Impulsivity and Hyperactivity in Pre-school Age Children With ADHD Symptoms

University of California, Davis·interventional·Posted Dec 30, 2015·Updated May 30, 2017

In Brief

A clinical study evaluating Children's Yoga for ADHD. Completed, enrolled 23 participants across 1 site.

Detailed Summary

This pilot project will evaluate yoga as an intervention to improve attention and reduce challenging behaviors such as hyperactivity and impulsivity, rated by parent and teachers, in preschool age children with or "at risk" for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). "At Risk" for ADHD will be defined as four or more hyperactive/impulsive and/or inattentive symptoms on the ADHD Rating Scale IV-Preschool Version as rated by parents or teachers. Using a randomized wait-list controlled experimental design, the investigators will explore the efficacy of practicing yoga for 6 weeks on behavioral symptoms, attentional control using a computer based tasks of attention, and heart rate variability (HRV), which is a measure of self-regulatory capacity. The investigators hypothesize that practicing yoga for six weeks of will improve ADHD and other behavioral symptoms based on parent and teacher rating scales, which will correlate with improvements in scores on the computer based task of attention as well as with improvements in HRV.

Study Details

Study Typeinterventional

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ConditionsADHD

CountriesUnited States

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Timeline

N/ACompletedFinished

20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Enrollment StartDec 2015

First PostedDec 2015

Primary CompletionMar 2016

Study CompletionAug 2016

TodayJul 2026

First PostedDec 30, 2015

Enrollment StartDec 1, 2015

Primary CompletionMar 1, 2016

Study CompletionAug 1, 2016

TodayJul 2, 2026

Enrollment to primary: 3 monthsPosted 10.5 years ago

Interventions

Children's Yogabehavioral

Trained children's yoga instructors will guide the children through 30 minute yoga classes (in-person and on the yoga video), using a manualized curriculum from If I Was a Bird Yoga ™ with child centered themes. Each class will have a similar structure, set of poses, and breathing exercises, but the theme of the class will change every two weeks. The themes for the classes are "ocean yoga adventure", "jungle yoga adventure" and "outer space yoga adventure". The study participants will spend two weeks practicing the same theme at home and at school before moving on to the next theme.