The Effect of Neurofeedback Therapy in Primary Enuretic Children - World Journal of Neuroscience

WJNS > Vol.5 No.2, May 2015

World Journal of Neuroscience

Volume 5, Issue 2 (May 2015)

ISSN Print: 2162-2000 ISSN Online: 2162-2019

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The Effect of Neurofeedback Therapy in Primary Enuretic Children ()

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DOI: 10.4236/wjns.2015.52010 3,587 Downloads 4,574 Views

Author(s)

Mahmood Reza Khazaei¹, Nasrin Aminifard², Peyman Hashemian^3*

Affiliation(s)

¹Department of Pediatrics, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran.
²Department of Medicine, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran.
³Psychiatry, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Ibn-e-Sina Hospital, Faculty of Medicine , Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Enuresis is one of the most common psychiatric disorders in children. Classical treatments for primary enuretic children are conditioning (Bell and Pad method, and drug therapy). Neurofeedback is a kind of conditioning by changing amplitudes of brain waves. Method: Three groups of 10 enuretic children were selected randomly. All three groups took imipramine. The first group also took neurofeedback sessions with protocol of enhancement of β/θ wave ratio in occipital zone. The second group took non-real neurofeedback sessions beside the drug. The third group just took the drug. Result: All three groups showed significant remission (P < 0.0001) after treatment and a three-month follow-up. Conclusion: Neurofeedback by this protocol was not any more efficient than imipramine therapy by itself.

KEYWORDS

Imipramine, Neurofeedback, Enuresis

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Khazaei, M. , Aminifard, N. and Hashemian, P. (2015) The Effect of Neurofeedback Therapy in Primary Enuretic Children. World Journal of Neuroscience, 5, 87-90. doi: 10.4236/wjns.2015.52010.

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