A controlled study of the effectiveness of EEG biofeedback training on-children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Zhonggui Xiong; Shuhua Shi; Haiqing Xu

doi:10.1007/BF02828171

A controlled study of the effectiveness of EEG biofeedback training on-children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

J Huazhong Univ Sci Technolog Med Sci. 2005;25(3):368-70. doi: 10.1007/BF02828171.

Authors

Zhonggui Xiong¹, Shuhua Shi, Haiqing Xu

Affiliation

¹ Department of Child Health, Hubei Maternal and Child Hospital, Wuhan 430070, China.

PMID: 16201300
DOI: 10.1007/BF02828171

Abstract

In order to study the treatment of the children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the integrated visual and auditory continuous performance test (IVA-CPT) was clinically applied to evaluate the effectiveness of electroencephalogram (EEG) biofeedback training. Of all the 60 children with ADHD aged more than 6 years, the effective rate of EEG biofeedback training was 91.6% after 40 sessions of EEG biofeedback training. Before and after treatment by EEG biofeedback training, the overall indexes of IVA were significantly improved among predominately inattentive, hyperactive, and combined subtype of children with ADHD (P<0.001). It was suggested that EEG biofeedback training was an effective and vital treatment on children with ADHD.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / physiopathology
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / therapy*
Biofeedback, Psychology*
Brain / physiopathology*
Child
Electroencephalography*
Female
Humans
Male