A Controlled Study of the Effectiveness of EEG Biofeedback Training on Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

• Published in: Current medical science Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 368 - 370
• Main Author: 熊忠贵 石淑华 徐海青
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China Department of Child Health, Hubei Maternal and Child Hospital, Wuhan 430070, China%Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China 2005
• Subjects: Adolescent; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - physiopathology; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - therapy; Biofeedback, Psychology; Brain - physiopathology; Child; EEG; Electroencephalography; Female; Humans; Male; 活动功能; 生物反馈; 脑电图; 训练方法; effectiveness; EEG biofeedback training; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; children
• ISSN: 1672-0733; 2096-5230; 1993-1352; 2523-899X
• DOI: 10.1007/bf02828171

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 sug gested that EEG biofeedback training was an effective and vital treatment on children with ADHD.