QEEG profiles in developmental disorders.
- Conditions
- developmental disordersbrainontwikkelingsstoornissenASS (Autisme Spectrum Stoornis)hersenen.ADHDASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder)QEEG
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON24766
- Lead Sponsor
- VieCuri Medical Centre, Venlo, The Netherlands
- Brief Summary
`Effects of a restricted elimination diet on the behaviour of children with attention/deficit hyperactivity disorder )INCA study: a randomised controlled trial`<br> Lidy M.Pelser et al. The Lancet, Volume 377, Issue 9764, Pages 494/503, 5 February 2011.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 110
1. Boys between 6 and 12 years with the diagnosis of ADHD or ASD conform DSM-IV criteria, with or without co-morbidities like Gilles de la Tourette, DCD or dyslexia;
2. Control group of healthy boys between 6 and 12 years.
1. Children with organic brain-defects, epilepsy, migraine, other psychiatric disorders than developmental disorders and children with influenza or fever;
2. Besides the boys in the control group should not have a developmental disorder.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method QEEG-signals of twenty electrodes, measured as the average contribution in microvolt of each frequency band on each electrode in four different conditions.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method QEEG-signals in boys with ADHD, measured on a day with methylphenidate medication and on a day without, compared with their behavioural characteristics as measured by the ADHD-Rating Scale.