ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2016
Postural Instability in Children with ADHD Is Improved by Methylphenidate.
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- Effects of methylphenidate on quantitative measures of motor function: a systematic review.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of virtual reality-based training on postural balance in children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Vestibular Function in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Systematic Review.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2019Pooled it
- ADHD-related attentional variability and its impact on postural stability in young adults.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Article
- Can attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder be considered a form of cerebellar dysfunction?Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- Motor Capabilities in Children with ADHD Are Improved after Brief Visuopostural Training.Neurology international · 2023Article
- Arousal dysregulation and executive dysfunction in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Development and Verification of Postural Control Assessment Using Deep-Learning-Based Pose Estimators: Towards Clinical Applications.Occupational therapy international · 2022Article
- Short rehabilitation training program may improve postural control in children with autism spectrum disorders: preliminary evidences.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Computer Vision-Based Approach for Quantifying Occupational Therapists' Qualitative Evaluations of Postural Control.Occupational therapy international · 2020Article
- The Effect of Dual Task on Attentional Performance in Children With ADHD.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2018Article
- Genetic Insights Into ADHD Biology.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2018Article
- Altered Cervical Vestibular-Evoked Myogenic Potential in Children with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder.Frontiers in neurology · 2017Article
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Abstract
HIGHLIGHTS Both spatial and temporal analyses of the Center of Pressure demonstrate that children with ADHD have poorer postural control than typically developing sex-, age-, and IQ-matched children.Poor sensory integration in postural control could partially explained the deficits in postural stability in children with ADHD.MPH treatment improves postural performance in both spatial and temporal domains in children with ADHD.MPH improves postural control specifically when visual and proprioceptive inputs are misleading.Such improvement could be due to MPH effects on neurons, facilitating cerebellar processing of postural control. The aim of this study was to examine postural control in children with ADHD and explore the effect of methylphenidate (MPH), using spatial and temporal analyses of the center of pressure (CoP). Thirty-eight children with ADHD (mean age 9.82 ± 0.37 years) and 38 sex- age- and IQ-matched children with typically development were examined. Postural stability was evaluated using the Multitest Equilibre machine (Framiral®) at inclusion and after 1 month of MPH in children with ADHD. Postural stability was assessed by recording under several conditions: with eyes open and fixed on a target, with eyes closed and with vision perturbed by optokinetic stimulation, on stable and unstable platforms. At inclusion, we observed poor spatial and temporal postural stability in children with ADHD. The spectral power index was higher in children with ADHD than in controls. Canceling time was shorter at low and medium frequencies of oscillation and longer at higher frequencies in children with ADHD. After 1 month of MPH, the surface area and mean velocity of the CoP decreased significantly under the most complex conditions (unstable platform in the absence of proprioceptive and visual inputs). The spectral power index decreased significantly after MPH while the canceling time did not change. Poor postural control in children with ADHD supports the hypothesis of cerebellar dysfunction in this disorder. Postural control could be improved by a more efficient processing of sensory inputs (a high-level process), as suggested by the decrease in spectral power index after MPH without changes in the canceling time (a low-level process).
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