ASPECTS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN CHILDREN WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
The article presents the characteristics of physical activity and the assessment of the height and weight indicators of school-age children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and the control group (health children). There was a statistically significant decrease in height and weight indicators in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in comparison with the control group (healthy children). - between the height and weight indicators of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder of all ages and both sexes, a significant (P<0.05), direct, varying degrees of correlation was found with a number of risk factors for the birth of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (chronic maternal diseases during pregnancy, severe toxicosis), the correlation level was from 0.594 to 0.850. This fact confirms the pathogenetic significance of negative conditions of fetal development on the formation of clinical manifestations of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or other pathologies in the newborn. Physical activity of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is one of the main characteristics of their physical development and behavioral reactions, which are predominant among boys