The Impact of a 35-Week Long-Term Exercise Therapy on Psychosocial Health of Children With Benign Epilepsy

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of a 35-week exercise program and its efficacy on neurocognitive and psychological variables in children with benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes. Ten children with benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (aged 8 to 12 years) comple...

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Published in:Journal of child neurology 2016-07, Vol.31 (8), p.985-990
Main Authors: Eom, Soyong, Lee, Mi Kyung, Park, Ji-Hye, Lee, Dongpyo, Kang, Hoon-Chul, Lee, Joon Soo, Jeon, Justin Y., Kim, Heung Dong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attention
Child
Child Behavior
Epilepsy - psychology
Epilepsy - therapy
Executive Function
Exercise Therapy
Feasibility Studies
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Home Care Services
Humans
Male
Neuropsychological Tests
Patient Satisfaction
Problem Behavior
Quality of Life
Sports
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of a 35-week exercise program and its efficacy on neurocognitive and psychological variables in children with benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes. Ten children with benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (aged 8 to 12 years) completed a 35-week exercise program consisting of supervised sport activities for 5 weeks and home-based exercise program for 30 weeks. The children and their parents participated in neurocognitive and psychological evaluations including measures of attention, executive function, behaviors, and quality of life at baseline and postexercise follow-up at the 35th week. At postintervention evaluation, significant improvements were seen relative to baseline in neurocognitive domains such as psychomotor speed, sustained attention, divided attention, and inhibition-disinhibition ability, and in psychological domains including internalizing behavior problems, general health, and general quality of life. Long-term exercise intervention may have benefits for some aspects of neurocognitive and psychological function in children with benign epilepsy.
ISSN:0883-0738
1708-8283
DOI:10.1177/0883073816634859