The effectiveness of Neurofeedback and Heart Rate Variability Training on QEEG Baseline and Sustained Attention in Children with ADHD

The effectiveness of Neurofeedback and Heart Rate Variability Training on QEEG Baseline and Sustained Attention in Children with ADHD

Randomized Controlled Trial

For monitoring treatment progression and clinical outcome, before and after the study and a 6-month follow-up examination; the relations between baseline difference in quantitative electroencephalography, continuous performance testing and Connors rating scale of parents will be determined.

Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), who are 7 to 12 years old, with definite diagnosis by a psychiatrist, based on DSM-V diagnostic criteria, semi-structured interview and developmental history; referred to the Psychiatric Clinic of Yahya Nejad Hospital and Private Center for Psychiatric Disorders. These criteria are based on such factors as co-occurrence of ADHD with other psychiatric and neurological disorders, mental retardation, as well as parents informed consent who agreed to allow their children to participate

Eighty children with ADHD randomly divide into five experimental groups, namely a Neurofeedback (NFB) Group, two distinct theta/beta ratio and theta/sensorimotor rhythm training NFB protocols for a cumulative total of 30 minutes (15 minutes each) or more over a 45 minutes' period in 30 sessions/12 weeks, and Neurofeedback/ Biofeedback (BFB) Group, heart rate variability and respiratory BFB Group in which participants encouraged to breathe slowly and diaphragmally for 3-5 minutes, adapting inhalation and exhalation to heart rate fluctuations, and the other Methylphenidate, twice-a-day oral administration contains 5 mg which may be increased in 10 mg increments at weekly intervals, and Methylphenidate along with Neurofeedback and NeuroBiofeedback Groups.

Baseline QEEG; Attention, Impulsivity

Subjects are randomly divided into 5 groups by block method. The size of the blocks is 10 and 8 blocks of 10 will be produced using a table of random numbers. Due to the fact that sampling is done in two centers, two samples of 80 lists will be produced, participants are assigned to two groups of 40 people.

Participants are unaware of the allocation of study groups.

Since study participants are patients with ADHD, there is no plan to publish participant data except in the final design report

There is no plan to publish participant data

After the publication of the final report of the project

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