Feedback-induced muscle relaxation: Application to tension headache

Budzynski, Thomas; Stoyva, Johann; Adler, Charles S.

doi:10.1016/0005-7916(70)90004-2

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“…Drugs also contribute to the decrease in productivity in those suffering from headache 16 . In 1970, Budzynski et al presented the use of EMG biofeedback in treating tension-type headache 17 . Since then, many studies have shown that EMG biofeedback training, when applied alone or in combination with relaxation techniques, decreases tension-type headaches by 40%-60%.…”

Section: Tension-type Headache and Biofeedback Trainingmentioning

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Biofeedback Training and Tension-Type Headache

Cvjetičanin

2016

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SUMMARY -Biofeedback is a training method, which connects physiological and psychological processes in a person for the purposes of improving his/her physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health. In biofeedback treatment, an active role of the patient is stressed for him/her to be able to actively control the physiological and emotional processes. The aim of biofeedback is to improve the conscious control of the individual's involuntary physiological activity. Research has shown that biofeedback, either applied alone or in combination with other behavioral therapies (techniques), is an effective treatment for various medical and psychological disorders, from headache and hypertension to temporomandibular and attention deficit disorders. More than 90% of adults experience headache once a year, which makes headache one of the most common symptoms and diagnoses in medicine. Tension-type headaches occur in at least 40% of the population and their impact on the health insurance costs and diminished productivity is significant. Studies have shown that clinical biofeedback training is effective in treating headaches. Moreover, the authors stress the need for additional research and further development of methodology for this kind of research.

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Section: Tension-type Headache and Biofeedback Trainingmentioning

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Biofeedback Training and Tension-Type Headache

Cvjetičanin

2016

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“…For example, the manual operation of the device requiresthat the E be present to engage the "start" and "reset" buttons as well as'to record the score for each integration period throughout the duration of an experimental session. While we have found this advantageous in certain situations, such a procedure is a nuisance in others, i.e., with short integration periods of 5 and 10 sec and/or over lengthy experimental sessions, One more costly solution to this problem would be the addition of a constant reset level circuit (Budzynski et al, 1970;Shaw, 1967). At the end of the integration period, this technique would hold the accumulated score on the readout meter for a preset intertrial interval, then reset itself and initiate a new integration trial, continuously resetting and integrating until the experimental session was over.…”

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An inexpensive variable time period integrator for electromyographic signals

D.Mäder

Marble

Reeves

1974

Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation

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“…Further, while a continuous auditory or visual analog has been most widely applied, some studies suggest that discrete threshold feedback can be effective for this physiological system. EMG feedback has been reported to be particularly effective in neuromuscular rehabilitation where muscular Authors Green, Walters, Green, & Murphy (1969) Budzynski, Stoyva, & Adler (1970) Leibrecht, Lloyd, & Pounder (1973) Budzynski, Stoyva, Adler, & Mullaney (1973) Wickramasekera (1972) Raskin, Johnson, & Rondestvedt (1973) Cleeland (1973) Swaan, van Wieringen,& Fokkema (1974) Hanna, WHiling, & McNeill(1975 Basmajian (1974) Smith, Basmajian, & Vanderstoep (1974) Brudney, Korein, Levidow, Grynbaum, Lieberman, & Friedman (1974 …”

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Feedback modalities as a consideration in biofeedback applications

Schandler

Grings

1978

Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation

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Effects associated with specific feedback modalities are neither clear nor well explored. The present paper provides an overview of feedback modalities typically used for the presentation of information from major physiological systems. Some consideration of feedback modality in relation to theory is provided with a discussion of trends in past applications.The central goal of this paper is to examine current practice concerning types of feedback being employed and, in particular, the sensory modes used in relation to different physiological systems. Early experimentation on motor-skills learning contributed principles basic to the development of the feedback concept and implementation of modalities. In the classic study by Trowbridge and Cason (1932), two clear distinctions among types of feedback were made and confirmed as important. One is the distinction between qualitative and quantitative feedback. In the former, the learner is informed merely that he is right or wrong; in the latter case, he is informed that he is over or under his goal by a certain amount. The second distinction is between relevant and irrelevant (or false) feedback. The Trowbridge and Cason study showed learning with quantitative feedback to be superior, whereas irrelevant feedback resulted in worse performance than the nofeedback condition.Those principles from skill learning have been updated (e.g., Adams, 1968) and used as a conceptual background for work in biofeedback (e.g., analog vs. binary feedback; see Lang & Twentyman, 1974). The general issue of concern is when and under what circumstances the amount of feedback (in informational terms) influences the amount of behavior change. Another distinction discussed by Lang and Twentyman was that between organ feedback and performance feedback. ThisRequests for reprints should be sent to

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Feedback-induced muscle relaxation: Application to tension headache

Cited by 281 publications

References 4 publications

Biofeedback Training and Tension-Type Headache

Biofeedback Training and Tension-Type Headache

An inexpensive variable time period integrator for electromyographic signals

Feedback modalities as a consideration in biofeedback applications

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