Quantitative Evaluation System of Soft Neurological Signs for Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Systems Design Section
2.1. System Configuration and Procedure of Experiment
2.2. Participants
TD Group | ADHD Group | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | Male/Female | Total | Age | Male/Female | Total | IQ | |
4 | 6/3 | 9 | |||||
5 | 9/5 | 14 | |||||
6 | 4/7 | 11 | |||||
7 | 13/19 | 32 | 7 | 4/2 | 6 | 110.8 (10.9) | |
8 | 22/14 | 36 | 8 | 3/1 | 4 | 101.8 (20.7) | |
9 | 19/21 | 40 | 9 | 8/2 | 10 | 94.0 (9.0) | |
10 | 17/20 | 37 | 10 | 5/1 | 6 | 99.4 (6.2) | |
11 | 8/18 | 26 | 11 | 7/0 | 7 | 103.9 (10.4) | |
12 | 9/9 | 18 | |||||
21–29 | 19/6 | 25 | |||||
Total | 126/122 | 248 | Total | 27/6 | 33 | 101.3 (12.9) |
3. Analysis Design
3.1. Evaluation Indices and Analyzed Parameters
3.2. Score and Statistics for Evaluation Indices
4. Results
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Kaneko, M.; Yamashita, Y.; Iramina, K. Quantitative Evaluation System of Soft Neurological Signs for Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Sensors 2016, 16, 116. https://doi.org/10.3390/s16010116
Kaneko M, Yamashita Y, Iramina K. Quantitative Evaluation System of Soft Neurological Signs for Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Sensors. 2016; 16(1):116. https://doi.org/10.3390/s16010116
Chicago/Turabian StyleKaneko, Miki, Yushiro Yamashita, and Keiji Iramina. 2016. "Quantitative Evaluation System of Soft Neurological Signs for Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder" Sensors 16, no. 1: 116. https://doi.org/10.3390/s16010116
APA StyleKaneko, M., Yamashita, Y., & Iramina, K. (2016). Quantitative Evaluation System of Soft Neurological Signs for Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Sensors, 16(1), 116. https://doi.org/10.3390/s16010116