Study of the Efficacy of Playing Badminton on the Development of Prefrontal Cortex and Eye-Hand Coordination in ADHD Children of Somdet Hospital, Kalasin Province : การศึกษาประสิทธิภาพของการเล่นแบดมินตันกับการพัฒนาสมองส่วนหน้าและ ทักษะการประสานมือและตาในเด็กสมาธิสั้น โรงพยาบาลสมเด็จ จังหวัดกาฬสินธุ์

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          This cross sectional descriptive study aimed to study the efficacy of playing badminton on the development of prefrontal cortex and eye-hand coordination in 32 school age children aged 7-12 years old who were diagnosed with ADHD In Somdet Hospital, Kalasin Province. This study expected that the participants could be able to hold a badminton racket and send and receivethe shuttlecock in some degree. The research was the pre and post-test design. The prefrontal cortex function was assessed using the Stroop test and the eye-hand coordination was assessed by throwing the ball into the wall before and after badminton practice. The duration of badminton practice was one hour per day at the same time totally 10 hours. This study was performed from January to April, 2019. The general information of participants was analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean ±standard deviation). The comparison of prefrontal cortex function (Stroop test) and the development of eye-hand coordination (throwing the ball into the wall) before and after badminton practice was analyzed by Paired-sample t-test.

          The results showed that 32 patients were enrolled according to the study criteria. The mean score ± standard deviation of Stroop word, Stroop color, Stroop color-word test and eye-hand coordination test before badminton practice were 17.81±3.03, 20.28±3.16 and 17.69±3.25 seconds and 11.40±2.39 times, respectively and after badminton practice were 20.84± 2.52, 22.03±2.68, 19.56±3.13 seconds and 14.34±3.05 times, respectively. There were statistically significant differences (p<0.001) in all tests As a result, badminton practice could support the development of prefrontal cortex function and eye-hand coordination.Therefore, treatment of children with ADHD by taking medicine together with badminton practice should probably improve thetreatment outcome.

          Keywords : Badminton, ADHD children