title: Whole-body vibration improves cognitive functions of an adult with ADHD.
abstract: Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with a variety of cognitive impairments, which were shown to affect academic achievement and quality of life. Current treatment strategies, such as stimulant drug treatment, were demonstrated to effectively improve cognitive functions of patients with ADHD. However, most treatment strategies are associated with a number of disadvantages in a considerable proportion of patients, such as unsatisfactory effects, adverse clinical side effects or high financial costs. In order to address limitations of current treatment strategies, whole-body vibration (WBV) might represent a novel approach to treat cognitive dysfunctions of patients with ADHD. WBV refers to the exposure of the whole body of an individual to vibration and was found to affect physiology and cognition. In the present study, WBV was applied on 10 consecutive days to an adult diagnosed with ADHD. Neuropsychological assessments were performed repeatedly at three different times, i.e., the day before the start of the treatment, on the day following completion of treatment and 14 days after the treatment have been completed (follow-up). An improved neuropsychological test performance following WBV treatment points to the high clinical value of WBV in treating patients with neuropsychological impairments such as ADHD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Developmental Neuropsychology, Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, Grote Kruisstraat 2/1, 9712 TS, Groningen, The Netherlands, a.b.m.fuermaier@rug.nl.
authors.forename: Anselm B M
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Fuermaier
authors.forename: Lara
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tucha
authors.forename: Janneke
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Koerts
authors.forename: Meinris
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van den Bos
authors.forename: G Ruben H
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Regterschot
authors.forename: Edzard B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Zeinstra
authors.forename: Marieke J G
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: van Heuvelen
authors.forename: Eddy A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: van der Zee
authors.forename: Klaus W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Lange
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tucha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000628:therapy*; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D014732:Vibration / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D055815:Young Adult