ЦЕРЕБРАЛЬНАЯ АКТИВНОСТЬ НАРКОЗАВИСИМЫХ, АССОЦИИРОВАННАЯ С ОЦЕНКОЙ СОБСТВЕННЫХ ЛИЧНОСТНЫХ КАЧЕСТВ

The aim of this research was to study voluntary frontal muscle tension 
regulation as sensorimotor integration disturbance indicator in 
children with ADHD.
Methods. 108 boys with ADHD in the age of 6-9 years old participated 
in research. First they were tested to define psycho-emotional tension 
level (Temml test) and parents were questioned with SNAP-IV to reveal 
ADHD subtype and severity. Then frontal muscle tension in rest was 
registered during 4 minutes. After this participants went through the 
task to decrease frontal muscle tension voluntary. The task consisted 
of 4 trials for 4 minutes each.
Results In the result of this study data analysis it was found that 86% 
of participants demonstrated decreased level of frontal muscle tension 
(8,8±0,3 V). Simultaneously the level of psycho-emotional tension 
corresponded to normal. The successful voluntary frontal muscle tension 
decrease showed children with light ADHD severity independently of 
initial tension level (р0,01). Participants with medium and high 
syndrome severity could not decrease their frontal muscle tension. 
Statistically significant difference in connection between successful 
task solving with ADHD subtype was not found.
To conclude we can
assume that children with ADHD have sensorimotor 

integration disturbance which indicated by ability to regulate frontal 
muscle tension voluntary. The level of sensorimotor integration 
disturbance depends on ADHD severity, but not from ADHD subtype.
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DOI:10.12737/12457

ЦЕРЕБРАЛЬНАЯ АКТИВНОСТЬ НАРКОЗАВИСИМЫХ,

АССОЦИИРОВАННАЯ С ОЦЕНКОЙ СОБСТВЕННЫХ ЛИЧНОСТНЫХ КАЧЕСТВ

Савелов А.А.1, Мельников М.Е.2, Штарк М.Б.2, Петровский Е.Д.1, 

Покровский М.А.2, Резакова М.В.1, Ганенко Ю.А.1

1ФГБУН Институт «Международный томографический центр»  СО РАН

2ФГБНУ «Научно-исследовательский институт молекулярной биологии и 

биофизики»

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