Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology published a review of current studies on neurofeedback and autism. The results indicated that the evidence does not support the use of neurofeedback in the treatment of autism. The researchers also found that any improvements noted from neurofeedback may have been addressing a co morbid diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms rather than symptoms from autism. They did conclude that the review was limited because of a lack of suitable studies due to small sample sizes, short durations, insufficient control groups and a lack of variability.
Reference: MARTIN HOLTMANN, SABINA STEINER, SARAH HOHMANN, LUISE POUSTKA, TOBIAS BANASCHEWSKI and SVEN BÖLTE Neurofeedback in autism spectrum disorders.
Article first published online: 14 JUL 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04043.x
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