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A Meta-Analytic Review of the Efficacy of Physical Exercise Interventions on Cognition in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD
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This review evaluates the efficacy of using physical exercise interventions on improving cognitive functions in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This review includes a meta-analysis based on a random-effects model of data reported in 22 studies with 579 participants aged 3-25 year old. The results revealed an overall small to medium effect of exercise on cognition, supporting the efficacy of exercise interventions in enhancing certain aspects of cognitive performance in individuals with ASD and/or ADHD. Specifically, similar to the general population literature, the cognitive benefits of exercise are not consistent across all aspects of cognitive functions (i.e., some areas are not improved). The clinical significance of the reported effect sizes is also considered.
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This meta-analysis of 22 studies (579 participants aged 3–25 with ASD and/or ADHD) found a small-to-medium overall effect of physical exercise on cognition, r = .235 (95% CI .131–.335). Effects were selective: larger for on-task/simple learning tasks than executive function tasks, with inhibition and memory showing significant benefits in ADHD.
Key findings
- Overall random-effects mean effect size was r = .235, 95% CI [.131, .335], z = 4.347, p < .001; 22 studies, 579 participants (ADHD = 451; ASD = 128), based on 125 effect size values.
- Cognitive task type significantly moderated effects, χ²(1) = 4.08, p = .04: on-task duration/simple learning tasks r = .526 (n = 5) vs EF tasks r = .180 (n = 17).
- In ADHD, exercise significantly improved inhibition r = .174 and memory r = .286; set shifting was not significant (r = .184, p = .09). ASD studies mostly assessed on-task/simple learning (n = 5), with r = .526.
- BESD indicated 61.75% of ASD/ADHD individuals improved overall; 76.30% for ASD on-task/learning, 59.05% for ADHD EF, 58.70% for ADHD inhibition, and 64.30% for ADHD memory.
Methods
- Systematic search of PsychINFO, CINAHL, PubMED, Web of Science, and ERIC plus backward/forward searches; inclusion required diagnosis of ADHD or ASD, exercise intervention, objective cognitive performance, and quantitative studies published 1968–2015.
- 22 articles included (16 ADHD, 6 ASD); effect sizes calculated as Glass’s delta then converted to r, with a random-effects model (Hedges & Vevea, 1998); one average effect size per article was entered.
- Moderator analysis used multiple regression with categorical/continuous moderators; sensitivity analysis (Vevea & Woods, 2005) assessed publication bias; binomial effect size display (BESD) was calculated for practical interpretation.
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- Paper states: only 22 studies were included, especially few ASD studies (6) and few EF studies; 5 studies (1 ASD, 4 ADHD) did not report non-significant results, indicating reporting bias; 18 studies did not report IQ and 12 did not quantify exercise intensity; results only support ages up to 25; EF tasks often used a single task and cannot isolate specific cognitive processes.
- Paper states: sensitivity analysis under severe one-tailed selection bias reduced the overall effect from .235 to −.466 and the ADHD effect from .181 to −.452, while ASD changed little (.471 to .439), so confidence in effects may be lower.
- Evident from the text: heterogeneity was low-to-medium (I² = 27.78%) and Q was non-significant, χ²(21) = 29.08, p = .11; many confidence intervals extended into negative values, and only 3 of 22 papers had confidence intervals entirely in the positive range.
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“Rosenthal's (1979) fail-safe N analysis reveals 186 unpublished papers (i.e., null effect) are needed to be included in the meta-analysis in order to invalidate the population effect size of small to medium (i.e., .235)found in this review.”
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“Furthermore, Begg and Mazumdar's (1994) rank correlation test shows a non-significant correlation between the effect sizes and sample size of the studies included in the meta-analysis, s(N = 22) = .11,p = .46.”
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“Conversely, all ADHD studies (n = 16) investigated aspects of executive functioning.”
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“One possible explanation is the issue of reporting bias; 4 out of the 16 ADHD articles did not report the results of any non-significant findings (i.e., Choi et al. 2015;Gawrilow et al. 2016;Pontifex et al. 2013;Ziereis and Jansen 2015).”
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“Given that the present review included studies that conducted exercise interventions that involved either aerobic-type or aerobic and perceptual-motor exercises, the current finding did not find any significant differences in their impact on cognitive functions.”
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“Nevertheless, the mean effect size estimates for ASD, ADHD and combined samples have confidence intervals supporting a positive effect of exercise intervention.”
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“Based on the moderator analysis (see Table 5), only the type of cognitive tasks significantly moderated the population effect size, v 2 (1) = 4.08, p = .04.”
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“For the ASD sample, the adjusted population effect size does not result in much attenuation (i.e., .471reduced to .439),indicating that the population effect size remains relatively unaffected by the most severe scenario for one or two-tailed selection bias.”
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“Only inhibition and memory functions demonstrated significant small to medium ES following post-exercise intervention, r = .181and r = .286,respectively (see Table 6).”
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“The overall effect of exercise intervention has a small to medium effect on ASD/ ADHD individuals, r = .235.”
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“Specifically, similar to the general population literature, the cognitive benefits of exercise are not consistent across all aspects of cognitive functions (i.e., some areas are not improved).”
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“The effects of exercise interventions on cognition differ based on the type of cognitive tasks used to evaluate its efficacy.”
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“The results revealed an overall small to medium effect of exercise on cognition, supporting the efficacy of exercise interventions in enhancing certain aspects of cognitive performance in individuals with ASD and/or ADHD.”
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“In contrast to this, the adjusted population effect size for the ADHD sample is severely impacted by a one-tailed selection bias, decreasing the effect size from .181 to -.452, suggesting that the actual effect size estimate for this population may be smaller than the mean effect size.”
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“Similarly, sample size, age group, the type of control group/condition, and the type of exercise and number or duration of intervention sessions did not significantly moderate the relationship between exercise and cognition.”
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“The homogeneity test, as denoted by the Q statistic is not significant, v 2 (21) = 29.08,p = .11but the I 2 = 27.78%, suggests that there is a low to medium heterogeneity within the sample of effect sizes included in this analysis.”
§ A Meta-Analytic Review of the Efficacy of Physical Exercise Interventions on Cognition in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD > Main Findings
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“In addition, other meta-analyses found a greater post-exercise cognitive benefit in younger children (Sibley and Etnier 2003;Fedewa and Ahn 2011), contrary to this finding where the exercise-cognition effect was more likely to be beneficial across ASD/ADHD individuals aged between 3 and 25 years; similar to findings from the general population reported by Verburgh et al. (2013).”
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“Indeed, the majority of the ASD studies evaluated on-task duration or simple learning tasks (n = 5), except for Anderson-Hanley et al. (2011), which examined executive functions.”
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“Sensitivity analysis revealed a reduced effect size on inhibitory control for severe one-tailed selection bias, r = .097,and memory function, r = -.500.”
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“The figure identified that only 3 out of 22 papers had their confidence intervals within the range of positive effect size values, with the majority of the papers having confidence intervals extending into the range of negative values.”
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“When applied under a severe selection (i.e., one-tailed) model, the population effect size reduced from .235 to -.466; this suggests a lower level of confidence is appropriate in the effects of exercise on cognition in this neurodevelopmental population.”
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“Based on Table 7, it is evident that exercise interventions mostly only account for a small variance on cognitive improvements, supporting the consensus in the literature that the relationship between exercise and cognition is complex and is moderated by many other factors such as individual differences (e.g., Chang et al. 2012a;Tomporowski et al. 2008).”
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“The meta-analysis indicates that exercise interventions have specific beneficial effects on inhibitory and memory functions (r = .174and r = .286,respectively), but there are unclear effects on set shifting performance.”
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“Additionally, similar to conclusions from the typical developing literature, the exercise effect varies among individuals and favours some cognitive functions over others.”
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“it is apparent that there is a wide range of cognitive tasks that measures various aspects of EF, and most importantly, not all functions were improved by exercise interventions.”
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“Further, the effect of exercise is selective and affects some areas of cognition more than others.”
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“For ADHD individuals, 59.05% reported cognitive benefits on aspects of their EF after exercising; especially on inhibitory control (i.e., 58.70 %).”
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“For instance, it has been reported that individual differences such as fitness level moderate the magnitude of the effect of exercise on cognition; with greater improvements among those who are fitter (e.g., Chang et al. 2012a).”
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“Secondly, the effect of exercise varies among individuals (e.g., Kramer and Erickson 2007;Tomporowski et al. 2008) and not every study reported cognitive improvements (e.g., Audiffren 2009;Kramer and Erickson 2007).”
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“Despite conflicting findings, ADHD studies generally report positive findings of the effects of exercise interventions on aspects of EF (e.g., Choi et al. 2015;Pontifex et al. 2013) but the efficacy remains unclear.”
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“Moreover, the memory tasks included a range of memory functions (e.g., visual/verbal working memory), and thus it is also possible that the exercise effect varies for different aspects of memory (Chang et al. 2012a).”
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“Although this may be due to the small number of ASD studies (n = 6), it may also be due to high-comorbidity shared between both disorders (e.g., Joshi et al. 2010).”
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“This finding indicates that exercise interventions are likely to be beneficial to both ASD and ADHD populations.”
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“A random-effects model was selected as it was recommended that variability in effect sizes should be assumed in psychological research and that this model allowed generalisation of the findings beyond the studies included in the meta-analysis (Field and Gillett 2010).”
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“Interestingly, the attenuated effect size for memory function reduced drastically and reversed the positive effect of exercise (i.e., exercise has a negative impact on memory functions).”
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“However, the finding on memory should be interpreted with caution as the number of papers included is limited (n = 6).”
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“Nevertheless, studies that investigated EF between individuals with ASD and ADHD have demonstrated the difficulty in establishing a distinct executive dysfunction profile (e.g., Corbett et al. 2009;Geurts et al. 2004;Goldberg et al. 2005); in that EF deficits can sometimes overlap in both disorders such as aspects of working memory, sustained attention and even inhibition.”
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“To the authors' knowledge, this is the first meta-analysis that reviews the relationship between exercise and cognition, in both ASD and ADHD populations.”
§ A Meta-Analytic Review of the Efficacy of Physical Exercise Interventions on Cognition in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD > Introduction
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“There are also findings that EF in general tend to be more impaired in individuals with ASD than those with ADHD (e.g., Corbett et al. 2009;Goldberg et al. 2005;Pennington and Ozonoff 1996).”
§ A Meta-Analytic Review of the Efficacy of Physical Exercise Interventions on Cognition in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD > Introduction
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“These results indicate that the positive effects of exercise on cognition are likely to exist in these populations but the exact magnitude could not be confidently established.”
§ A Meta-Analytic Review of the Efficacy of Physical Exercise Interventions on Cognition in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD > Main Findings
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“Sensitivity analysis (Vevea and Woods 2005) was also conducted to evaluate and account for the level of publication bias.”
§ A Meta-Analytic Review of the Efficacy of Physical Exercise Interventions on Cognition in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD > Process of Calculating Effect Sizes
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“One of the implications provided by the literature from the typical developing population is that exercise may be particularly beneficial to individuals with learning difficulties (e.g., Fedewa and Ahn 2011;Sibley and Etnier 2003), such as those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or autism spectrum disorders (ASD).”
§ A Meta-Analytic Review of the Efficacy of Physical Exercise Interventions on Cognition in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD > Introduction
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“A recent meta-analysis of eight studies reviewed the effects of exercise on various symptoms of ADHD children and provided the first indication of the magnitude of the effect on cognition (Cerrillo-Urbina et al. 2015).The authors reported moderate to large effect sizes (standardised mean differences of 0.58 and 0.84) on measures of EF and attention, respectively.”
§ A Meta-Analytic Review of the Efficacy of Physical Exercise Interventions on Cognition in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD > Introduction
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“Additionally, the reported positive effect of exercise on global EF was too broad.”
§ A Meta-Analytic Review of the Efficacy of Physical Exercise Interventions on Cognition in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD > Introduction
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“Unlike in the literature from the general population, however, the relationship between exercise and cognition in the neurodevelopmental population appears to be less clear, with studies on ASD samples focusing more on behavioural symptoms (e.g., Petrus et al. 2008;Sowa and Meulenbroek 2012) compared to ADHD studies that specifically examine EF (e.g., Chang et al. 2012b;Smith et al. 2013).”
§ A Meta-Analytic Review of the Efficacy of Physical Exercise Interventions on Cognition in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD > Introduction
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“This is a smaller effect compared to the effect size reported by Cerrillo-Urbina et al. ( 2015), d = 0.58 (equivalent to r = .28),possibly due to a smaller number of articles included in their analysis (n = 3).”
§ A Meta-Analytic Review of the Efficacy of Physical Exercise Interventions on Cognition in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD > Efficacy of Exercise Interventions by Cognitive Tasks
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“Secondly, five studies (one ASD and four ADHD articles) did not report non-significant results.This reporting bias is consistent with the results of the sensitivity analysis.”
§ A Meta-Analytic Review of the Efficacy of Physical Exercise Interventions on Cognition in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD > Limitations/Future Directions
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“Moreover, most studies included in the meta-analysis examined each EF domain with a single neuropsychological task, making it difficult to ascertain whether an improvement (or not) on a single task after exercise intervention is indeed a reflection of an actual change in that particular EF.”
§ A Meta-Analytic Review of the Efficacy of Physical Exercise Interventions on Cognition in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD > Limitations/Future Directions
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“Nonetheless, it should be noted that the implications of utilising exercise interventions with individuals with ASD and/or ADHD should not be underestimated, as it is likely to be particularly useful in addressing areas of their cognitive function in which they typically do not perform well (e.g., inhibition).”
§ A Meta-Analytic Review of the Efficacy of Physical Exercise Interventions on Cognition in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD > Clinical Implications: Binomial Effect Size Display
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“In addition, recent literature has supported EF as a multifaceted latent construct where various domains are separable but interdependent (e.g., Cassidy 2016).”
§ A Meta-Analytic Review of the Efficacy of Physical Exercise Interventions on Cognition in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD > Limitations/Future Directions
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“Although the overall findings are encouraging, it should be regarded as a tentative conclusion in guiding future research and future large-scale randomised-controlled trials would be required to validate the current findings.”
§ A Meta-Analytic Review of the Efficacy of Physical Exercise Interventions on Cognition in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD > Limitations/Future Directions
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“In particular, the number of ASD studies examining exercisecognition relationship is very limited (i.e., six studies), especially on EF.”
§ A Meta-Analytic Review of the Efficacy of Physical Exercise Interventions on Cognition in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD > Limitations/Future Directions
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“however, 18 studies did not report IQ levels and 12 studies did not provide quantification of their exercise interventions (e.g., heart rate, oxygen consumption).”
§ A Meta-Analytic Review of the Efficacy of Physical Exercise Interventions on Cognition in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD > Limitations/Future Directions
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“For instance, another metaanalytic study reported that visual short-term memory improves following exercise, d = 0.49 (equivalent to r = .24),but exercise has a negative impact on other aspects of memory including sequential and auditory-verbal memory (Chang et al. 2012a).”
§ A Meta-Analytic Review of the Efficacy of Physical Exercise Interventions on Cognition in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD > Efficacy of Exercise Interventions on Executive Functions (ADHD)
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“Furthermore, this review extended the findings of Cerrillo-Urbina et al. ( 2015) by including the original 3 articles in their paper that examined EF, further reinforcing the conclusion that exercise interventions have positive effects on EF in ADHD individuals.”
§ A Meta-Analytic Review of the Efficacy of Physical Exercise Interventions on Cognition in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD > Efficacy of Exercise Interventions by Cognitive Tasks
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- Not checked yetcites Cerrillo-Urbina et al. (2015) source
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“On the contrary, memory benefits after exercise may exist but the effect may be much smaller, and varies among different types of memory functions.”
§ A Meta-Analytic Review of the Efficacy of Physical Exercise Interventions on Cognition in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD > Efficacy of Exercise Interventions on Executive Functions (ADHD)
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“The present meta-analysis bridges the gap in the literature regarding the exercise and cognition relationship in the ASD/ADHD and typical developing populations.”
§ A Meta-Analytic Review of the Efficacy of Physical Exercise Interventions on Cognition in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD > Limitations/Future Directions
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“Although the mechanism behind the unique characteristics of the exercise effect on cognition remains inconclusive,”
§ A Meta-Analytic Review of the Efficacy of Physical Exercise Interventions on Cognition in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD > Conclusion
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“In autism spectrum disorder (ASD), Tan et al. (41) reported a small-to-moderate effect (Hedges’ g = 0.47) for improvement in some aspects of cognition.”
From Physical Activity, Cognition, and Brain Outcomes: A Review of the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines (2019) · cites this paper as [41]
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“In studies examining effects of PA in ADHD, the effect sizes (Hedges’ g) ranged from 0.18 to 0.77 in favor of PA improving cognitive performance (39–41). The cognitive domains most commonly affected included attention and executive function (e.g., inhibition, impulsivity) (39, 41).”
From Physical Activity, Cognition, and Brain Outcomes: A Review of the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines (2019) · cites this paper as [41]
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“However, the meta-analysis included children with ASD, ADHD, or both disorders (overall Hedges’ g = 0.24) and, as such, it is difficult to interpret effects of PA on ASD alone (41).”
From Physical Activity, Cognition, and Brain Outcomes: A Review of the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines (2019) · cites this paper as [41]
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§ A Meta-Analytic Review of the Efficacy of Physical Exercise Interventions on Cognition in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD > Meta-Analysis by EF Domains
“Only inhibition and memory functions demonstrated significant small to medium ES following post-exercise intervention, r = .181and r = .286,respectively (see Table 6).”
§ A Meta-Analytic Review of the Efficacy of Physical Exercise Interventions on Cognition in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD > Efficacy of Exercise Interventions on Executive Functions (ADHD)
“The meta-analysis indicates that exercise interventions have specific beneficial effects on inhibitory and memory functions (r = .174and r = .286,respectively), but there are unclear effects on set shifting performance.”
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“For the Phase 1 cross-sectional study, it is possible to assess at least 145 participants from both sexes, with age ranging from 4 to 12 years, following a procedure reported in recent studies (40, 43).”
BackgroundMethodIles, A. N. (2021) · Primary Care Clinics in Office Practice · doi:10.1016/j.pop.2021.04.003 · Cited by 37
Li, D., Li, L., Zang, W., Wang, D., Miao, C., Li, C., Zhou, L., & Yan, J. H. (2023) · Frontiers in Physiology · doi:10.3389/fphys.2023.1189443 · Cited by 41
“The search terms for each main concept were developed based on previous reviews and expert opinions in the field of physical activity interventions (Tan et al., 2016; De Greeff et al., 2018; Xue et al., 2019).”
BackgroundTrammell, J. P., & Aguilar, S. C. (2021) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.575245 · Cited by 36
Feng, X.-W., Hadizadeh, M., & Cheong, J. P. G. (2022) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph19127278 · Cited by 32
Perspectives of Adults With Autism on Social Communication Intervention
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“…approach mentioned by three of the participants was physical exercise as a means to reduce stress and increase focus; these individual reports provide support for work investigating the role of physical exercise in outcomes for ASD (Lang et al., 2010; Sowa & Meulenbroek, 2012; Tan et al., 2016).”
ResultMazzoli, E., Salmon, J., Pesce, C., Teo, W., Rinehart, N., May, T., & Barnett, L. M. (2021) · Journal of Intellectual Disability Research · doi:10.1111/jir.12826 · Cited by 31
Sibbick, E., Boat, R., Sarkar, M., Groom, M. J., & Cooper, S. B. (2022) · Mental health and physical activity · doi:10.1016/j.mhpa.2022.100469 · Cited by 30
The effects of physical activity on glutamate neurotransmission in neuropsychiatric disorders
Baskerville, R., McGrath, T., & Castell, L. M. (2023) · Frontiers in Sports and Active Living · doi:10.3389/fspor.2023.1147384 · Cited by 29
Wang, M., Yang, X., Yu, J., Zhu, J., Kim, H.-D., & Cruz, A. B. (2023) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph20021032 · Cited by 31
“Moreover, a recent meta-analysis indicated that longitudinal PA intervention had a medium to large significant impact [58,60].”
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“The participants of interest were children under the age of 18 diagnosed with ASD, including disorders previously known as autism, Asperger’s, and pervasive developmental disorders not otherwise specified (American Psychiatric Association, 2013; Howells et al., 2019; Tan et al., 2016).”
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“…in social interactions and experiences (ColomboDougovito et al., 2020; Tse, 2020), motor skills and control (Ketcheson et al., 2017; Pan et al., 2017), sleep quality (Tse et al., 2019), cognition (Tan et al., 2016), stereotypic behaviors (Tarr et al., 2020), and physical fitness (Pan, 2011).”
BackgroundEffect of Physical Activity on Academic Engagement and Executive Functioning in Children With ASD
Nakutin, S. N., & Gutiérrez, G. (2019) · School Psychology Review · doi:10.17105/spr-2017-0124.v48-2 · Cited by 29
“Although many studies have been conducted on the effect of exercise on maladaptive behaviors, such as stereotypic behaviors and aggression, few studies have investigated the effects of PA on academic engagement (Griffin & AFIRM Team, 2015; Tan et al., 2016).”
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“Some studies revealed that these symptoms of ADHD such as attention deficit based on the alterations in the neurochemical and neuroanatomical factors (Den Heijer et al., 2017; Halperin et al., 2014; Hoza et al., 2016; Tan, Pooley, & Speelman, 2016).”
Levante, A., Martis, C., Antonioli, G., Dima, M., Duma, L., Perrone, M. R., Russo, L., & Lecciso, F. (2023) · Current Developmental Disorders Reports · doi:10.1007/s40474-023-00277-5 · Cited by 34
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Боднар, І., Павлова, Ю., & Hamade, A. (2020) · Physiotherapy Quarterly · doi:10.5114/pq.2020.96232 · Cited by 30
“There are several meta-studies that confirm the positive effects of various means of PE on the performance of children with ASd, in particular, their cognitive development [12, 13], health indicators, behavioural problems (notably, indicators of aggressiveness and destructive behaviour) [13],”
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Özcan, G. H., Özer, D., & Pınar, S. (2024) · Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · doi:10.1007/s10803-024-06384-5 · Cited by 33
“…that physical activity has a positive effect on executive functions, attention development and academic performance (De Greeff et al., 2018; Tan et al., 2016), motor skills are associated with non-verbal IQ, and children with poorer motor skills have more cognitive and adaptive behavior…”
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“The rotated solution exhibited a “simple structure” (34).”
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Physical Activity for Autistic Adults: Recommendations for a Shift in Approach
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“Finally, although the sample size did not reach our initial planned size, it is still much larger than most previous studies in this area, as discussed in recent systematic reviews [22,35,37].”
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Increasing Wellness Through Physical Activity in Children With Chronic Disease and Disability
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On the Playing Field to Improve: A Goal for Autism
Vetri, L., & Roccella, M. (2020) · Medicina · doi:10.3390/medicina56110585 · Cited by 21
“Earlier studies and reviews have underlined the positive benefits of physical activity and exercise interventions on individuals with ASD [12–17] with regard to reduction of motor deficits [18], obesity and overweight [19], and to improvements in cognitive, academic [20,21], behavioral and socio-emotional skills [22–2…”
BackgroundFactors affecting dance exercise performance in students at a special needs school
Ito, Y., Hiramoto, I., & Kodama, H. (2017) · Pediatrics International · doi:10.1111/ped.13338 · Cited by 16
Martín-Rodríguez, A., Herrero-Roldán, S., & Clemente‐Suárez, V. J. (2025) · Children · doi:10.3390/children12030338 · Cited by 26
“Activities that require strategic planning and decision-making, such as team sports, may be particularly effective in this regard [85].”
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“…revealed a small to medium overall effect of exercise on cognitive measures in individuals with ASD and/or ADHD ( r = .235, 95% confidence interval .131 to .335, z = 4.347, p .001) with no significant differences between aerobic and aerobic-perceptual-motor exercise interventions [84].”
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“Today, systematic reviews [17] and meta-analyses [18] have strengthened the available evidence on the positive effects of physical exercise on both, ASD-related symptoms (e.”
BackgroundBjörk, A., Rönngren, Y., Wall, E., Vinberg, S., Hellzèn, O., & Olofsson, N. (2020) · Nordic Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.1080/08039488.2020.1771768 · Cited by 17
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“Furthermore, a prior meta-analysis also highlighted that the most substantial effects of exercise appear to be on inhibition [41].”
Assisted Cycling Therapy (ACT) Improves Adaptive Behaviors in Adolescents with Down Syndrome
Ringenbach, S. D. R., Holzapfel, S. D., Arnold, N. E., Nam, K., Lopez, C., Chen, C., Buman, M. P., Youngstedt, S. D., Teslevich, J. L., & Wallace, K. C. (2019) · Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities · doi:10.1007/s10882-019-09706-z · Cited by 13
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“Findings indicated that both single bouts of activity and chronic physical activity were associated with improved classroom performance [88,89].”
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“Although previous studies have yielded small to medium effects of PA on children with ADHD and autism spectrum disorders (Tan et al., 2016), medium to large effects have also been found (Cerrillo-Urbina et al., 2015).”
ResultThe Effects of Physical Activity on Engagement in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Harbin, S. G., Davis, C. A., Sandall, S. R., & Fettig, A. (2021) · Early Childhood Education Journal · doi:10.1007/s10643-021-01272-4 · Cited by 7
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“Benefits have been shown to span motoric [9], and aspects of cognitive [10] and socio-emotional domains [11] among disability populations.”
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“Meanwhile, it also can bring a lot of benefits for the improvement of their cognitive ability [20].”
BackgroundGut microbiota mediates the beneficial effects of exercise on autism-like behaviors
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Sport- und Bewegungstherapie in der Behandlung psychischer Störungen bei Kindern und Jugendlichen
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“Among the meta-studies there are several which analyzed the level of PA [26], examined effects of various means on PA on cognitive performance and stereotyped behavior [27, 28, 29, 30] of children with ASD.”
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“Los meta análisis han estimado un tamaño del efecto (grupo X tiempo) pequeño a moderado que varía entre Hedge g = 0,54 (Vysniauske et al., 2016), r = ,181 (Tan et al., 2016) y una diferencia de medias estandarizadas = 0,58 (Cerrillo‐Urbina et al., 2015) en el FE.”
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Exercise, spinogenesis and cognitive functions
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Metadata
- Authors
- Tan, B. W. Z., Pooley, J. A., & Speelman, C. P.
- Affiliations
- Edith Cowan University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Tan, Beron W. Z.
- Venue
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
- Published
- 2016-07-13
- Volume
- 46
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 3126-3143
- ISSN
- 0162-3257 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3432
- OpenAlex
- W2461048406
- Semantic Scholar
- 63277ca195d3cbe19399b009b52ca0c68295626e
- Cited by
- 157
- References
- 80
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 1.16
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Australasian Journal of Paramedicine (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Physical Activity and Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Keywords
- physical exercise intervention, cognitive function, autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, exercise and cognition, children and adolescents, effect size
- MeSH terms
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Adolescent, Adult, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Child, Child, Preschool, Cognition, Exercise Therapy, Humans, Young Adult
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