Frequency Band Interaction in ADD/ADHD Neurotherapy

EEG-NeuroBioFeedback Treatment of Patients with Brain Injury: Part 2: Changes in EEG Parameters versus Rehabilitation

“…Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders have already been treated by EEG-biofeedback (Lubar, 1991). Such symptoms were encountered in our classes Q3 and Q6, and were successfully treated with low to moderate session numbers (see Table 2), consistent with Ramos (1998).…”

EEG-NeuroBioFeedback Treatment of Patients with Brain Injury Part 4: Duration of Treatments as a Function of Both the Initial Load of Clinical Symptoms and the Rate of Rehabilitation

“…This will also condition any standardization of prediction procedures. Regarding the case of ADD/ADHD as a major symptom it cleared with 20 sessions (Ramos, 1998) while as a sign associated with brain injury, it cleared after an average 47 ± 28 sessions (four cases) and remained in one stroke case after 158 sessions.…”

“…Applications of this technique in various forms have been reported for a wide range of injury and diseases (Shapiro, 1979;Rothberg & Surwit, 1981;Hatch & Riley, 1985). However, except for a study relating the number of sessions to the severity of seizures (Andrew & Schonfeld, 1992) and a report of the number of sessions required for clearing ADHD symptoms (Ramos, 1998), little if anything is known about the precise duration of treatment needed for more or less complete rehabilitation of…”

Clinical Corner

“…In relation to this and the work of Fehmi (1978), we should remember that Doppelmayr et al (1998) found that large resting alpha power actually enhances desynchronization, while small eyes-closed alpha power attenuates desynchronization! May this be the reason why Frank Ramos (1998) in Honolulu has found increasing alpha to be helpful with ADD? Now, think about this in the opposite way.…”