SynthesisJournal of neuroscience methods2015
Locomotor activity measures in the diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Meta-analyses and new findings.
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- Is hyperactivity ubiquitous in ADHD or dependent on environmental demands? Evidence from meta-analysis.Clinical psychology review · 2016Pooled it
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- Exploring an objective measure of overactivity in children with rare genetic syndromes.Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders · 2024Article
- Developmental Manipulation-Induced Changes in Cognitive Functioning.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2023Article
- Cerebral blood flow characteristics of drug-naïve attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder with social impairment: Evidence for region-symptom specificity.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- A Cross-Sectional Study to Measure Physical Activity with Accelerometry in ADHD Children according to Presentations.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Patterns of objectively measured motor activity among infants developing ASD and concerns for ADHD.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2022Article
- Altered medial prefrontal cortex and dorsal raphé activity predict genotype and correlate with abnormal learning behavior in a mouse model of autism-associated 2p16.3 deletion.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2022Article
- Evaluating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in children and adolescents through tracked head movements in a virtual reality classroom: The effect of social cues with different sensory modalities.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- How effective is fine motor training in children with ADHD? A scoping review.BMC pediatrics · 2021Article
- Evaluating Therapeutic Effects of ADHD Medication Objectively by Movement Quantification with a Video-Based Skeleton Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Interactive effects of compounding multidimensional stressors on maternal and male and female rat offspring outcomes.Hormones and behavior · 2021Article
- Quantified assessment of hyperactivity in ADHD youth using IR-UWB radar.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Movement Patterns in Students Diagnosed with ADHD, Objective Measurement in a Natural Learning Environment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Objective Analysis of Movement in Subjects with ADHD. Multidisciplinary Control Tool for Students in the Classroom.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
introductionOur aim was to assess differences in movement measures in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) vs. typically developing (TD) controls.
methodsWe performed meta-analyses of published studies on motion measures contrasting ADHD with controls. We also conducted a case-control study with children/adolescents (n = 61 TD, n = 62 ADHD) and adults (n = 30 TD, n = 19 ADHD) using the McLean motion activity test, semi-structured diagnostic interviews and the behavior rating inventory of executive function and Conners (parent, teacher; self) rating scales.
resultsMeta-analyses revealed medium-to-large effect sizes for actigraph (standardized mean difference [SMD]: 0.64, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.43, 0.85) and motion tracking systems (SDM: 0.92, 95% CI: 0.65, 1.20) measures in differentiating individuals with ADHD from controls. Effects sizes were similar in studies of children/adolescents ([SMD]: 0.75, 95% CI: 0.50, 1.01) and of adults ([SMD]: 0.73, 95% CI: 0.46, 1.00). In our sample, ADHD groups differed significantly in number of head movements (p = 0.02 in children; p = 0.002 in adults), displacement (p = 0.009/p < 0.001), head area (p = 0.03/p < 0.001), spatial complexity (p = 0.06/p = 0.02) and temporal scaling (p = 0.05/p = 0.04). Mean effect sizes were non-significantly larger (d = 0.83, 95% CI: 0.20, 1.45) in adults vs. children/adolescents with ADHD (d = 0.45, 95% CI: 0.08, 0.82). In the concurrent go/no-go task, reaction time variability was significantly greater in ADHD (p < 0.05 in both age groups) than controls.
conclusionsLocomotor hyperactivity remains core to the construct of ADHD even in adults. Our results suggest that objective locomotion measures may be particularly useful in evaluating adults with possible ADHD.
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