RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Frontal theta/beta ratio changes during TOVA in Egyptian ADHD children
JF Neurosciences Journal
JO Neurosciences (Riyadh)
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 287
OP 291
DO 10.17712/nsj.2017.4.20170067
VO 22
IS 4
A1 Islam F. Halawa
A1 Basma B. El Sayed
A1 Omnia R. Amin
A1 Nagwa A. Meguid
A1 Ann A. Abdel Kader
YR 2017
UL http://nsj.org.sa/content/22/4/287.abstract
AB Objective: To spot the frontal theta/beta ratio alterations during Tests of Variance of Attention (TOVA) in Egyptian attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) children.Methods: This 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.Results: Comparing 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.Conclusion: The theta/beta ratio can be of value in helping for differential diagnosis in patients presenting with mild ADHD.