ADHD rehabilitation through video gaming: A systematic review using PRISMA guidelines of the current findings and the associated risk of bias

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Rivero, Thiago Strahler ^a   Nuñez, Lina Maria Herrera ^b   Pires, Emmy Uehara ^c   Bueno, Orlando Francisco Amodeo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD LIBRE   (Colombia)

^c FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ADHD; Neuropsychological rehabilitation; PRISMA; Real life; Systematic review; Video game intervention

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAME; HUMAN; INTERPRETATION BIAS; MENTAL CAPACITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84947070804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00151     Document Type: Review

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