Whole-body vibration improves cognitive functions of an adult with ADHD

Fuermaier, Anselm B. M.; Tucha, Lara; Koerts, Janneke; Bos, Meinris van den; Regterschot, G. Ruben H.; Zeinstra, Edzard B.; Heuvelen, Marieke J. G. van; Zee, Eddy A. van der; Lange, Klaus W.; Tucha, Oliver

doi:10.1007/s12402-014-0149-7

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“…The main aim of the present study is to examine whether WBV has acute effects on cognition, more specifically inhibition, on healthy 8–13 year-old children. This study replicates and extends previous studies describing positive effects of WBV on cognition in healthy adults [ 1 , 13 , 15 ]. Based on previous findings, it is expected that cognitive functioning improves in healthy children when assessed immediately following WBV treatment.…”

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“…First, Fuermaier and colleagues [ 1 ] showed that not only in healthy individuals but also in individuals with ADHD, inhibition improved when assessed shortly after receiving WBV treatments of two minutes. Second, Fuermaier and colleagues demonstrated longer-lasting effects (at least 16 hours) of WBV on several neuropsychological measures of attention and executive functions in a case report of an adult with ADHD [ 15 ]. Since WBV appears to specifically improve inhibition and attention which are both functions that are often impaired in patients with ADHD [ 16 ], WBV could be considered as a potentially new, effective and safe treatment option for ADHD.…”

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Acute Effects of Whole Body Vibration on Inhibition in Healthy Children

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ObjectivesWhole Body Vibration (WBV) is a passive exercise method known to have beneficial effects on various physical measures. Studies on adults furthermore demonstrated beneficial effects of WBV treatment on cognition (e.g. inhibition). The present study replicated these findings in healthy children and examined acute effects of WBV treatment on inhibition.MethodsFifty-five healthy children (aged 8–13) participated in this within-subject design study. WBV treatment was applied by having the children sit on a chair mounted to a vibrating platform. After each condition (vibration vs. non-vibration), inhibition was measured by using the Stroop Color-Word Interference Test. Repeated measures analyses were applied in order to explore the effects of WBV treatment on inhibition, and correlations were computed between the treatment effect and participant characteristics in order to explore individual differences in treatment sensitivity.ResultsThree-minute WBV treatments had significant beneficial effects on inhibition in this sample of healthy children. Especially the repeated application (three times) of WBV treatment appeared beneficial for cognition. Stronger WBV treatment effects were correlated with higher intelligence and younger age, but not with symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).ConclusionsThis study demonstrates that especially repeated WBV treatment improves inhibition in healthy children. As this cognitive function is often impaired in children with developmental disorders (e.g. ADHD), future studies should further explore the effects, working mechanism and potential applicability of WBV treatment for this target group.

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Acute Effects of Whole Body Vibration on Inhibition in Healthy Children

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“…On the other hand, in older adults and a young adult with ADHD effects of WBV on cognitive performance after respectively five weeks and ten days of stimulation were found [14,39]. The fact that we did not find improved cognitive functioning in the current population after six weeks of passive exercise may be explained by Another explanation for inconclusive results in cognitive function may be the fact that quantifying cognitive function is challenging in this population.…”

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“…However, in studies that employed (multi)sensory stimulation interventions such as 'snoezelen', video or music interventions, improvements in alertness and happiness, increased social behavior, and a reduction in behavioral disturbances as well agitated behavior of patients with dementia were found [6][7][8]. Additionally, mild vibrations (30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40), as provided during WBV and TMSim + WBV, can be beneficial for physical performance and cognitive functioning. Multiple studies reported increased muscle strength, mobility, balance and lower blood pressure after WBV [9][10][11][12].…”

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Passive exercise in a multisensory environment in order to manage adverse effects in physically inactive patients with dementia: a randomized controlled trial

Heesterbeek

Zee

Fuermaier

et al. 2019

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Background Since pharmacological treatments to manage dementia remain controversial, development of non-pharmacological alternatives to limit adverse effects of dementia is urgently needed. Passive exercise in a multisensory environment (Therapeutic Motion Simulation (TMSim, Whole Body Vibration (WBV) and a combination (TMSim + WBV)) is proposed to be such a non-pharmacological alternative. This study primarily aimed to investigate the effects of these different forms of passive exercise on Quality of Life (QoL) and Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) of inactive institutionalized patients with dementia. The secondary aim was to assess the effects on cognitive and physical function. Methods In this randomized controlled trial 120 inactive institutionalized persons with dementia (age 85.3 ± 6.8 years, 64.5% female, 59.2% walking aid/wheelchair users, mini mental state examination 12.9 ± 6.6) were assigned to TMSim, WBV, TMSim + WBV or a control group (regular care) The passive exercise groups followed a six-week intervention program consisting of four 4–12 minute sessions a week. QoL, ADLs (proxy-report questionnaires), cognitive and physical function (performance based tests) were measured at baseline, after 6 weeks of intervention, and 2 weeks after the intervention had ended. Results Outcome measures did not differ between groups at baseline. No consistent effects of passive exercise on QoL, ADLs, cognitive and physical function were observed after six weeks of intervention or during follow-up. Conclusion In the current setting passive exercise did not affect any of the outcomes measures. This may be due to the short intervention period, limited sensitivity to change of the assessment instruments in this specific vulnerable population or short lasting effects of the interventions. Future research into passive exercise should consider measuring acute and short term effects as well as longer intervention periods looking into alternative outcome measures (e.g. seated balance and behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia).

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“…Other studies used task‐irrelevant sensory stimulations, which were found to have beneficial effects on clinical populations. For example, whole‐body vibration therapy (WBV), applied by sitting on a chair mounted on a vibrating platform, was found to improve attention and cognitive performance in an adult ADHD patient [Fuermaier, Tucha, & Koerts, ], and other clinical patient (Madou & Cronin, ). We believe that WBV combines the stimulation of both vestibular and proprioceptive receptors (and perhaps auditory and visual stimulations as well).…”

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Sequence Learning in Minimally Verbal Children With ASD and the Beneficial Effect of Vestibular Stimulation

Katz-Nave

Adini²,

Hetzroni

et al. 2019

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People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and especially the minimally verbal, often fail to learn basic perceptual and motor skills. This deficit has been demonstrated in several studies, but the findings could have been due to the nonoptimal adaptation of the paradigms. In the current study, we sought to characterize the skill learning deficit in young minimally verbal children with ASD and explore ways for improvement. For this purpose, we used vestibular stimulation (VS) whose beneficial effects have been demonstrated in the typical population, but the data regarding ASD are limited. We trained 36 children ages 6–13 years, ASD (N = 18, 15 of them minimally verbal) and typical development (TD, N = 18), on a touch version of the visual‐motor Serial‐Reaction‐Time sequence‐learning task, in 10 short (few minutes) weekly practice sessions. A subgroup of children received VS prior to each training block. All the participants but two ASD children showed gradual median reaction time improvement with significant speed gains across the training period. The ASD children were overall slower (by ~250 msec). Importantly, those who received VS (n = 10) showed speed gains comparable to TD, which were larger (by ~100%) than the ASD controls, and partially sequence‐specific. VS had no effect on the TD group. These results suggest that VS has a positive effect on learning in minimally verbal ASD children, which may have important therapeutic implications. Furthermore, contrary to some previous findings, minimally verbal children with ASD can acquire, in optimal conditions, procedural skills with few short training sessions, spread over weeks, and with a similar time course as non‐ASD controls. Autism Res 2020, 13: 320–337. © 2019 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Lay Summary Minimally verbal children with ASD who received specially adjusted learning conditions showed significant learning of a visual‐motor sequence across 10 practice days. This learning was considerably improved with vestibular stimulation before each short learning session. This may have important practical implications in the education and treatment of ASD children.

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Whole-body vibration improves cognitive functions of an adult with ADHD

Cited by 23 publications

References 41 publications

Acute Effects of Whole Body Vibration on Inhibition in Healthy Children

Acute Effects of Whole Body Vibration on Inhibition in Healthy Children

Passive exercise in a multisensory environment in order to manage adverse effects in physically inactive patients with dementia: a randomized controlled trial

Sequence Learning in Minimally Verbal Children With ASD and the Beneficial Effect of Vestibular Stimulation

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