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Lange, Klaus W. ; Fuermaier, Anselm B. M. ; Tucha, Lara ; Koerts, Janneke ; van Heuvelen, Marike J. G. ; van der Zee, Eddy A. ; Tucha, Oliver

Good Vibrations – Effects of Whole Body Vibration on Attention in Healthy Individuals and Individuals with ADHD

Lange, Klaus W., Fuermaier, Anselm B. M., Tucha, Lara, Koerts, Janneke, van Heuvelen, Marike J. G., van der Zee, Eddy A. und Tucha, Oliver (2014) Good Vibrations – Effects of Whole Body Vibration on Attention in Healthy Individuals and Individuals with ADHD. Plos One 9 (2), e90747.

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DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments: 10.5283/epub.29782


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Objectives: Most 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 ...

Objectives: Most 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. Methods: Eighty-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. Results: A 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. Conclusions: WBV 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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DokumentenartArtikel
Titel eines Journals oder einer ZeitschriftPlos One
Verlag:PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
Ort der Veröffentlichung:SAN FRANCISCO
Band:9
Nummer des Zeitschriftenheftes oder des Kapitels:2
Seitenbereich:e90747
Datum28 Februar 2014
InstitutionenHumanwissenschaften > Institut für Psychologie
Humanwissenschaften > Institut für Psychologie > Lehrstuhl für Psychologie III (Biologische, Klinische und Rehabilitationspsychologie) - Prof. Dr. Klaus W. Lange
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10.1371/journal.pone.0090747DOI
Stichwörter / KeywordsDEFICIT-HYPERACTIVITY-DISORDER; COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE; SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCE; ADULT ADHD; CHILDREN; EXPOSURE; NOISE; METHYLPHENIDATE; INHIBITION; DOPAMINE;
Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 150 Psychologie
StatusVeröffentlicht
BegutachtetJa, diese Version wurde begutachtet
An der Universität Regensburg entstandenJa
URN der UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-297824
Dokumenten-ID29782

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