Neurofeedback as a nonpharmacological treatment for adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

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Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mayer, Kerstin ^a   Wyckoff, Sarah Nicole ^a,b   Fallgatter, Andreas J ^a   Ehlis, Ann Christine ^a   Strehl, Ute ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Mesa Sense Labs   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult ADHD; Biofeedback; Neurofeedback; NIRS; SCP; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLOW CORTICAL POTENTIAL FEEDBACK; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACTION POTENTIAL; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GERMANY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HUMANS; NEUROFEEDBACK; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84930211971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-0683-4     Document Type: Article

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