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AAP Grand Rounds 14:16 (2005)
© 2005 American Academy of Pediatrics

NEUROLOGY

Fatty Acid Dietary Supplements in Treatment of Developmental Coordination Disorder and ADHD

Source: Richardson AJ, Montgomery P. The Oxford-Durham study: a randomized, controlled trial of dietary supplementation with fatty acids in children with developmental coordination disorder. Pediatrics. 2005;115:1360–1366.[Abstract/Free Full Text]

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The effects of dietary supplementation with fish oil and evening primrose oil (in a ratio of 80% to 20%) compared to placebo were assessed, in a randomized, 1-way crossover, controlled trial in 117 children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD), aged 5-12 years, at the University of Oxford, UK. Conners’ Teacher Rating Scale-L (CTRS-L) scores were obtained at baseline on 102 study children; there were 32 children with scores compatible with a diagnosis of ADHD. Six capsules of the supplement provided {omega}-3 fatty acids (558 mg of eichosapentaenoic acid and 174 mg of docosahexaenoic acid), the {omega}-6 fatty acid {gamma}-linoleic acid (60 mg), and 9.6 mg of vitamin E (natural form, {alpha}-tocopherol) daily. Placebo capsules contained olive oil.

Compared to placebo recipients, significant improvements in reading age (mean increase 9.5 months vs 3.3 months), spelling age (mean increase 6.6 months vs 1.2 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

J. Gordon Millichap, MD, FAAP
Neurology, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

 





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