International Journal of Yoga, Physiotherapy and Physical Education

Background: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common childhood behavior disorder characterized by three behavior namely inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity. The influence of exercise on behavior is one of the alternative treatment and also examined on behavior of children which is generally and specially in individuals with behavioral disabilities such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Objective: To find the effect of exercise programme on the behaviour of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Study Design: Quasi experimental.

Procedure: 20 subjects were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria and divided into 2 groups, Group A - experimental group and Group B - control group. Each group consist of 10 subjects. And group A has followed the warm up phase, exercise phase and relaxation phase. And there was no intervention for group B. Before the commencement of exercise program a children and their parents/guardian WAS attended an information session and parents are told how to complete a Conners Parent Rating Scale.

Result: There is no statistical significant changes in the behaviour of both the exercise and control group after the completion of the exercise programme there by (p= 0.01).

Conclusion: The behavior of the children with attention deficit hyperactivity ADHD in the study has improved clinically over the 5 weeks exercise programme and there are no statistical significant changes in both the exercise group and control group.