Preliminary evidence of improved cognitive performance following vestibular rehabilitation in children with combined ADHD (cADHD) and concurrent vestibular impairment

• Published in: Auris, nasus, larynx Vol. 44; no. 6; pp. 700 - 707
• Main Authors: Lotfi, Younes, Rezazadeh, Nima, Moossavi, Abdollah, Haghgoo, Hojjat Allah, Rostami, Reza, Bakhshi, Enayatollah, Badfar, Faride, Moghadam, Sedigheh Farokhi, Sadeghi-Firoozabadi, Vahid, Khodabandelou, Yousef
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.12.2017
• Subjects: ADHD; Attention; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - complications; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - psychology; Child; Cognition; Eye Movements; Female; Gait; Humans; Male; Memory; Memory, Short-Term; Neuropsychological Tests; Otolaryngology; Postural Balance; Posture; Reaction Time; Spatial Memory; Vestibular Diseases - complications; Vestibular Diseases - psychology; Vestibular Diseases - rehabilitation; Vestibular function; ADHD; Vestibular function; Cognition; Memory; Attention

Abstract Objective Balance function has been reported to be worse in ADHD children than in their normal peers. The present study hypothesized that an improvement in balance could result in better cognitive performance in children with ADHD and concurrent vestibular impairment. This study was designe...