Neurofeedback in ADHD: A single-blind randomized controlled trial

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 481-491

  Bakhshayesh, Ali Reza ^a   Hänsch, Sylvana ^b   Wyschkon, Anne ^b   Rezai, Mohammad Javad ^a   Esser, Günter ^b  

^a YAZD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADHD; Biofeedback; EMG biofeedback; Neurofeedback; Single blind

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BETA RHYTHM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THETA RHYTHM;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855189072     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-011-0208-y     Document Type: Article

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