Tai Chi Training for Children With ADHD

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

59

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

July 17, 2014

Primary Completion Date

January 15, 2020

Study Completion Date

March 15, 2020

Conditions
ADHD
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Tai Chi

"6-8 students will be enrolled in 8 weeks of Tai Chi instruction, with two 1-hour sessions per week. Students will be requested to practice from recorded materials at home three times a week for 15-30 minutes each session, and parents will be asked to keep a log of at-home practice.~Class sessions will consist of warm up (qi k'ong), postural and breathing exercises, Tai Chi form practice, and Tai Chi games (including push hands).~Practice will consist of warm up, followed by practice of selected pieces of the form.~Children on stimulant medications will remain on these medications during the training period (though they will be asked to stop medications one day prior to motor and cognitive testing pre-, mid- and postintervention)."

Trial Locations (1)

21211

LEAP Facility at Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc.

OTHER

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