Good Vibrations – Effects of Whole Body Vibration on Attention in Healthy Individuals and Individuals with ADHD
| Autor: | Fuermaier, Anselm B.M., Tucha, Lara, Koerts, Janneke, van Heuvelen, Marieke J. G., van der Zee, Eddy A., Lange, Klaus W., Tucha, Oliver |
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| Přispěvatelé: | SMART Movements (SMART), Van der Zee lab |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Male Time Factors Adolescent Science INHIBITION CHILDREN ADULT ADHD Social and Behavioral Sciences Vibration COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE NOISE Young Adult Neuropsychology Human Performance Humans Psychology Attention EXPOSURE Biology METAANALYSIS DEFICIT-HYPERACTIVITY-DISORDER Behavior SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCE Cognitive Psychology Experimental Psychology Healthy Volunteers METHYLPHENIDATE Clinical Psychology Treatment Outcome Mental Health Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity 150 Psychologie Developmental Psychology ddc:150 Medicine Female Cognition Disorders Attention (Behavior) Psychomotor Performance Research Article Neuroscience |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 2, p e90747 (2014) PLoS ONE PLoS ONE, 9(2):e90747. PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| DOI: | 10.5283/epub.29782 |
| Popis: | ObjectivesMost of the current treatment strategies of ADHD are associated with a number of disadvantages which strengthen the need for alternative or additional approaches for the treatment of ADHD. In this respect, Whole Body Vibration (WBV) might be interesting as it was found to have beneficial effects on a variety of physiological measures. The present study explored the effects of WBV on attention of healthy individuals and adults diagnosed with ADHD.MethodsEighty-three healthy individuals and seventeen adults diagnosed with ADHD participated in the study. WBV treatment was applied passively, while participants were sitting on a chair which was mounted on a vibrating platform. A repeated measure design was employed in order to explore potential effects of WBV treatment on attention within subjects. Attention (i.e. inhibitory control) was measured with a color-word interference paradigm.ResultsA period of two minutes of WBV treatment had significant beneficial effects of small to medium size on attention of both healthy individuals and adults with ADHD. The effect of WBV treatment on attention did not differ significantly between groups.ConclusionsWBV was demonstrated to improve cognitive performance of healthy individuals as well as of individuals with ADHD. WBV treatment is relatively inexpensive and easy to apply and might therefore be of potential relevance for clinical use. The application of WBV treatment as a cognitive enhancement strategy and as a potential treatment of cognitive impairments is discussed. |
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