5. Conclusion
Though future studies should be performed to replicate and
extend these findings, results from this study illustrate that for
children with and without a diagnosis of ADHD, a single
session of moderate intensity exercise benefits processingspeed and inhibitory control as assessed using the Stroop Task.
These results confirm past findings that exercise benefits
children with and without ADHD23 and extends the literature
by demonstrating that these effects are limited to measures of
inhibitory control and speed of processing. Given the chal-
lenges facing children with ADHD, the prevalence of this
disease, and the promising evidence for acute exercise benefits
for children without ADHD, it is startling that there are still
only a handful of studies that have examined the potential of
acute exercise for children with ADHD. Clearly, future
research designed to further our understanding of the task-
specificity of the effects, of how to maximize the benefits,
and of how ADHD medication usage influences the effects is
warranted.