The Effectiveness of Motor Games Based on Montessori Theory on Improving the Motor Skills of Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
The present study aimed to investigate the effect of a course of practicing motor games based on Montessori theory on the fine and gross motor skills of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
The present research was quasi-experimental. This study was done using a pretest-posttest design on 30 male students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. They were randomly divided into the control (15 students with a mean age of 8.1±0.4 years) and experimental (15 students with a mean age of 8.1±0.5 years). Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder were diagnosed and found appropriate by psychiatrists. They were also assessed using the Conners’ parent and teacher rating scale questionnaire, whose validity and reliability in Iran were found to be 81%, using the Cronbach method. Then, through the Lichen-Ozeretsky motor adequacy test, both groups were assessed, and the experimental group received motor games based on Montessori theory for 12 weeks (three days per week). Covariance analysis was used to analyze the obtained data.
The results of covariance analysis indicate a significant difference between the experimental and control groups. The subtests of strength (P<0.008), balance (P<0.001, F=31.97), 2-way coordination (P<0.001, F=21.32), motor vision control (F=94.15, P<0.001), agility speed (F=82.5, P<0.023), and response speed (F=10.22, P<0.003) were different between groups.
The study’s results showed a significant improvement in strength, balance, 2-way coordination, motor vision control, response speed, speed, and agility after the training period. Therefore, using this training program in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is recommended.
-
Listening to Music, Biomechanics of Gait and Sports Performance: A Narrative Review
Maryam Zare Mojtahedi, Ali Fatahi*, Farhad Tabatabai Ghomsheh,
Physical Treatments Journal, Spring 2025 -
Impact of Movement Pattern Training on Muscular Co-contraction in Patients With Low Back Pain During Walking
*, Milad Piran Hamlabadi, Ehsan Fakhri Mirzanag, Afshin Orouji, Amir Letafatkar
Physical Treatments Journal, Spring 2025 -
Standardization the Scale of Violent Extremism and Study its Relationship with the Approval of Social Violence Against Women
Bahman Esmaeili Anamagh, *
Social Psychology Research, -
The effectiveness of Compassion Focused Art Therapy on Psychological Capital and Anger Rumination in Abused and Orphaned Adolescents
Zahra Saeedi, *, , Alireza Hosseinisadr
Rooyesh-e-Ravanshenasi, -
Presenting the model of academic resilience based on behavioral brain systems and academic perfectionism with the mediator role of emotional dyslexia
Esmaiel Soleimani *, Ali Noori, , Ali Esazadeghan
Journal of Management and educational perspective, -
Comparison of thinking styles and academic well-being in students with and without learning disabilities
*, Nima Sadeghzadeh Belil
Journal of Learning Disabilities, -
Effect of Short-Term Use of Anti-Pronation Insoles on Plantar Pressure Variables Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction with a Pronated Foot during Gait
Raziyeh Alizadeh, *, Davood Khezri, Heidar Sajedi, Ehsan Fakhri Mirzanag
Journal of Gorgan University of Medical Sciences,