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

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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

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Item type:	Article
Date:	28 February 2014
Institutions:	Human Sciences > Institut für Psychologie > Lehrstuhl für Psychologie III (Biologische, Klinische und Rehabilitationspsychologie) - Prof. Dr. Klaus W. Lange
Projects:	Open Access Publizieren (DFG)
Identification Number:	Value Type 10.1371/journal.pone.0090747 DOI
Dewey Decimal Classification:	100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology
Status:	Published
Refereed:	Yes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of Regensburg:	Yes
Item ID:	29782

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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 reatment 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 ...

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 reatment 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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