ArticleFrontiers in public health2020
Persistent Childhood Primitive Reflex Reduction Effects on Cognitive, Sensorimotor, and Academic Performance in ADHD.
Article in Frontiers in public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 13 papers.
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Early Craniosacral and Primitive Reflex Assessment in Infant Neurodevelopment.
Early Craniosacral Therapy Improves Infant Neurodevelopment in Apparently Healthy Children.
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed.
- Short-term effects of craniosacral therapy and rhythmic movement training on developmental assessment scores and primitive reflex expression in typically developing children: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in public health · 2026Trial
- Factor Analysis of the Neurological Evaluation Scale (NES) and Corresponding Brain Function and Structures.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2026Article
- A protocol to study the effect of targeted parental education intervention to identify early childhood development disorder - multisite interventional study.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- Development of the children's primitive reflex integration assessment scale.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Econeurobiology and brain development in children: key factors affecting development, behavioral outcomes, and school interventions.Frontiers in public health · 2024Review
- Neurodevelopmental benefits of judo training in preschool children: a multinational, mixed methods follow-up study.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Identification and reduction of retained primitive reflexes by sensory stimulation in autism spectrum disorder: effects on qEEG networks and cognitive functions.BMJ case reports · 2023Article
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- The Relationship between Retained Primitive Reflexes and Hemispheric Connectivity in Autism Spectrum Disorders.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is associated with (a)symmetric tonic neck primitive reflexes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Review
- Front and center: Maturational dysregulation of frontal lobe functional neuroanatomic connections in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.Frontiers in neuroanatomy · 2022Article
- Retained Primitive Reflexes and Potential for Intervention in Autistic Spectrum Disorders.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Review
- Primitive Reflex Activity in Relation to Motor Skills in Healthy Preschool Children.Brain sciences · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
- Retraction · 2025-06-03Concerns/Issues about Article · Investigation by Journal/Publisher · Objections by Author(s) · Unreliable Results and/or Conclusions · · see also: https://pubpeer.com/publications/2094B8B783AE56F6C5427FEAACB1CA; see also: https://www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/work-of-autism-researcher-questioned-again/
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Abstract
A study was performed on 2,175 individuals between the ages of 3.2 and 22.04 years diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and drawn from 89 separate locations across the United States in satellite clinics with common practices and common staff training and equipment. The objective was to determine the efficacy of a hemispheric-based training program to reduce extant retained primitive reflexes (RPRs) and examine the relationship to motor function by metronome-based motor, DL, and cognitive tasks measured by subtests of the Wechsler Wide Range Achievement Test. After a 12-week program, RPR's were significantly reduced, as well as performance on all motor and cognitive measures significantly increased. Listening comprehension demonstrated significant increases between pre- and post-testing of 7% (
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