In a randomized three-arm trial, medication but not physical exercise or neurofeedback was related to improved response inhibition and reduced theta power in children with ADHD¶
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q2 i? After roughly 10 weeks, the medication group showed a post-intervention P3 amplitude increase related to response inhibition, whereas the physical exercise and neurofeedback groups did not. → Den Heijer 2017
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Den Heijer 2017¶
Den Heijer, A. E., Groen, Y., Tucha, L., Fuermaier, A. B. M., Koerts, J., Lange, K. W., Thome, J., & Tucha, O. (2017). Sweat it out? The effects of physical exercise on cognition and behavior in children and adults with ADHD: a systematic literature review. J Neural Transm 124(Suppl 1):S3–S26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-016-1593-7
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Janssen et al. (2016b) as tabulated: 81 stimulant-medication-naive children with ADHD randomly assigned to physical exercise (n = 27), neurofeedback (n = 29), or medication (n = 25) groups, pre and post assessment. "Thus, medication but not neurofeedback or physical exercise, was related to improved response inhibition."
"Thus, medication but not neurofeedback or physical exercise, was related to improved response inhibition"
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In a randomized three-arm trial, medication but not physical exercise or neurofeedback was related to improved response inhibition and reduced theta power in children with ADHD |
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In a randomized three-arm trial, medication but not physical exercise or neurofeedback was related to improved response inhibition and reduced theta power in children with ADHD |
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