Neurofeedback for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Meta-Analysis of Clinical and Neuropsychological Outcomes From Randomized Controlled Trials

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 444-455

  Cortese, Samuele ^a,b,j   Ferrin, Maite ^a,c,j   Brandeis, Daniel ^e,f,j   Holtmann, Martin ^g,j   Aggensteiner, Pascal ^e   Daley, David ^h,j   Santosh, Paramala ^i,j   Simonoff, Emily ^i,j   Stevenson, Jim ^a,j   Stringaris, Argyris ^i,j   Sonuga Barke, Edmund J ^j   Asherson, Phil ^j   Banaschewski, Tobias ^j   Buitelaar, Jan ^j   Coghill, David ^j   Danckaerts, Marina ^j   Dittmann, Ralf W ^j   Döpfner, Manfred ^j   Hollis, Chris ^j   Konofal, Eric ^j   Lecendreux, Michel ^j   Rothenberger, Aribert ^j   Sergeant, Joseph A ^j   Soutullo, Cesar ^j   Steinhausen, HansChristoph ^j   Taylor, Eric ^j   van der Oord, Saskia ^j   Wong, Ian ^j   Zuddas, Alessandro ^j   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CHILD STUDY CENTER   (United States)

^c London Huntercombe Manor Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^g RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

ADHD; meta analysis; neurofeedback; nonpharmacological treatment; risk of bias

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; HUMANS; NEUROFEEDBACK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84964999311     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2016.03.007     Document Type: Review

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