mohsen jorjani; parviz sabahi; mahmood najafi
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Introduction: Insomnia is a major public concern and the most common sleep problem, the treatment of which has a special place in promoting well-being and performance. One of the new therapies in sleep interventions is direct transcranial movement. The present study was conducted to determine the effectiveness ...
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Introduction: Insomnia is a major public concern and the most common sleep problem, the treatment of which has a special place in promoting well-being and performance. One of the new therapies in sleep interventions is direct transcranial movement. The present study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of transcranial direct movement on resilience, selective attention, concentration and effort in patients with insomnia. Method: The research design was quasi-experimental with a control group with pre-test and post-test. The statistical population included all students of Semnan University in the academic year 2009-2010 with a diagnosis of insomnia. 20 people were purposefully selected as a sample and were divided into two groups of control and experiment with random assignment. The transcranial direct motion device is used for intervention and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire, Connor & Davidson Resilience and D2 test for measurements. The experimental group underwent intervention for 10 minutes for 10 minutes with a voltage of 1 mA and the control group underwent sham intervention. Results: The results of analysis of covariance show direct transcranial motion increase resilience, attention and focus and search, as well as improve insomnia. Conclusion: The research findings indicated that the direct movement of strategic transnationals in increasing resilience, selective attention, search and improving the level of sleep quality and can be used as a way to productivity.
Majid Almasi; Mohammadreza Noroozi Homayoon; Ali Rezaei sharif
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Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of neurofeedback therapy and transcranial direct currect stimulation in improving cognitive dominance in children with ADHD. Method: The present study is a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest and control group. The statistical ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of neurofeedback therapy and transcranial direct currect stimulation in improving cognitive dominance in children with ADHD. Method: The present study is a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest and control group. The statistical population includes all children with attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder in Ardabil in the academic year 1399-1400. The sample consisted of 33 children with attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder who were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly assigned to two intervention groups and a control group(11 people in each group). The instruments of this study include WISC-IV intelligence test and the interventions of this study include 20 sessions of neurofeedback therapy and 10 sessions of transcranial direct currect stimulation. The data of this study were analyzed with SPSS software version 23. Results: The mean scores of cognitive dominance were measured twice, which showed that in the post-test, the mean scores in cognitive dominance increased and no change was observed in the control group. The results show that after controlling the effect of pretest on posttest to compare the scores of the cognitive dominance scale between the three groups at the error level(0.05) there is a significant difference. Conclusion: According to the sessions and results obtained, neurofeedback therapy and transcranial direct currect stimulation are effective in improving cognitive dominance; Therefore, it is recommended to use these treatments to improve cognitive dominance.
