Benchmarks Online

Website for the official newsletter of the University of North Texas University Information Technology department. It contains various news stories related to technology and to campus programs, with an archive of previous Benchmarks newsletters.
Date: June 2016
Creator: University of North Texas. University Information Technology.
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ending the Evidentiary & Insurance Reimbursement Bias Against Neurofeedback to Treat Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: It Will Take Clinician Action in Addition to the Compelling Science (open access)

Ending the Evidentiary & Insurance Reimbursement Bias Against Neurofeedback to Treat Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: It Will Take Clinician Action in Addition to the Compelling Science

This article argues against the treatment of Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with stimulant medication and behavior therapy, which are also typically reimbursed by healthcare insurers. Evidence suggests that these treatments fail to result in sustained benefit for the vast majority of children who receive them as demonstrated in the NIMH-funded MTA Cooperative study, the gold standard study in ADHD treatment effectiveness research. The authors instead look at the use of neurofeedback which is uniquely suited to treat the neuronal dysregulation that is common in people diagnosed with ADHD. However, healthcare insurers do not regularly cover this treatment method, so the authors direct readers to resources to appeal insurers' denial of coverage for neurofeedback.
Date: August 23, 2016
Creator: Pigott, H. Edmond; Bodenhamer-Davis, Eugenia; Davis, Richard E. & Harbin, Henry
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Further Validation of the Leisure Time Physical Activity Instrument in People with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain (open access)

Further Validation of the Leisure Time Physical Activity Instrument in People with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

Article describes study seeking to to examine the convergent and discriminant validity of the Leisure Time Physical Activity Instrument (LTPAI).
Date: November 22, 2018
Creator: Brooks, Jessica M.; Umucu, Emre; Eagle, Daniel; Morrison, Blaise; Chiu, Chungyi; Moser, Erin et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Targeting Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-Gamma (PPARγ) Signaling Cascade for the Prevention and Treatment of Prostate Cancer (open access)

Targeting Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-Gamma (PPARγ) Signaling Cascade for the Prevention and Treatment of Prostate Cancer

Article reviews PPARγ as an antitumor agent and summarizes the antineoplastic effects of PPARγ agonists in prostate cancer.
Date: November 14, 2012
Creator: Sikka, Sakshi; Chen, Luxi; Sethi, Gautam & Kumar, Alan Prem
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spectral Dynamics and Therapeutic Implications of the Theta/Alpha Crossover in Alpha-Theta Neurofeedback (open access)

Spectral Dynamics and Therapeutic Implications of the Theta/Alpha Crossover in Alpha-Theta Neurofeedback

Article describes study examining 182 alpha-theta session graphs from 10 subject case files for interactions between frequency band activity and subject reports of imagery or biographical memories during crossovers, as well as treatment outcomes.
Date: August 23, 2016
Creator: Johnson, Mark L.; Bodenhamer-Davis, Eugenia; Bailey, Laurie & Gates, Michael S.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library