Direkt zum Inhalt

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. and Tucha, Oliver (2014) Good Vibrations – Effects of Whole Body Vibration on Attention in Healthy Individuals and Individuals with ADHD. Plos One 9 (2), e90747.

Date of publication of this fulltext: 08 Apr 2014 08:34
Article
DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.29782


Abstract

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.



Involved Institutions


Details

Item typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitlePlos One
Publisher:PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
Place of Publication:SAN FRANCISCO
Volume:9
Number of Issue or Book Chapter:2
Page Range:e90747
Date28 February 2014
InstitutionsHuman Sciences > Institut für Psychologie
Human Sciences > Institut für Psychologie > Lehrstuhl für Psychologie III (Biologische, Klinische und Rehabilitationspsychologie) - Prof. Dr. Klaus W. Lange
Identification Number
ValueType
10.1371/journal.pone.0090747DOI
KeywordsDEFICIT-HYPERACTIVITY-DISORDER; COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE; SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCE; ADULT ADHD; CHILDREN; EXPOSURE; NOISE; METHYLPHENIDATE; INHIBITION; DOPAMINE;
Dewey Decimal Classification100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgYes
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-297824
Item ID29782

Export bibliographical data

Owner only: item control page

nach oben