Effectiveness of super brain yoga for children with hyperactivity disorder

Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2019 Apr;55(2):140-146. doi: 10.1111/ppc.12266. Epub 2018 Feb 10.

Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed at determining the effectiveness of super brain yoga for children with hyperactivity disorder.

Design and method: This quasiexperimental and interventional research was conducted on 80 school-age children through a pretest-posttest design.

Results: Results showed that there was a significant difference between the means of severity of hyperactivity disorder before (75.1) and after the intervention (63.5) (p < .001).

Practice implications: Practicing super brain yoga reduced the symptoms of hyperactivity disorder among the school-age children.

Keywords: children; hyperactivity disorder; super brain yoga.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / psychology
  • Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / therapy*
  • Brain / physiology
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Iran
  • Male
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Yoga*