ArticleNeurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)2017
Frontal theta/beta ratio changes during TOVA in Egyptian ADHD children.
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- A Systematic Review on Feature Extraction in Electroencephalography-Based Diagnostics and Therapy in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Pooled it
- Theta beta ratio in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder using a multiverse analysis.eLife · 2026Article
- Advanced machine learning techniques reveal multidimensional EEG abnormalities in children with ADHD: a framework for automatic diagnosis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- The effect of kids yoga practices on attention levels and frontal EEG theta/beta ratio.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Impact of Motivation on Selected Aspects of Attention in Children with ADHD.Child psychiatry and human development · 2021Article
- EEG Signal Complexity Is Reduced During Resting-State in Fragile X Syndrome.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Reduced Power in Fronto-Parietal Theta EEG Linked to Impaired Attention-Sampling in Adult ADHD.eNeuroArticle
- Comparing Theta Beta Ratio in Children With Attention-deficit/hyperactive Disorder and Specific Learning Disorder During Active EEG.Basic and clinical neuroscienceArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo spot the frontal theta/beta ratio alterations during Tests of Variance of Attention (TOVA) in Egyptian attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) children.
methodsThis is a cross sectional study performed in Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, Cairo University, Egypt. It included 2 groups, each of 52 children (one of them with ADHD and the other were normal control). EEG was recorded for every subject during normal relaxing circumstance with eyes opened as well as during TOVA.
resultsComparing both groups revealed statistically significant difference in the theta/beta ratio in both state (normal relaxing with eyes opened and during TOVA), also we found that the theta/beta ratio decreased in normal group (during concentration) while in the ADHD group it increased with a specific pattern.
conclusionThe theta/beta ratio can be of value in helping for differential diagnosis in patients presenting with mild ADHD.
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