Genetics of Fibromyalgia

Ablin, Jacob N

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-78638-0_10

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“…Although the recommended treatment includes the use of medication of various kinds, along with moderate physical exercise and psychological therapy [ 11 , 12 ], technological advances in neuroimaging since the 1970s have brought about the use of different neurofeedback techniques as symptomatic therapy in the treatment, amongst other symptoms, of pain, insomnia and depression [ 13 ]. However, even now, any kind of neurofeedback as treatment is still not used as a generalist therapy for fibromyalgia [ 14 , 15 ].…”

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A systematic review of EEG neurofeedback in fibromyalgia to treat psychological variables, chronic pain and general health

Barbosa-Torres

Barona

Guerrero-Molina

et al. 2023

Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci

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This paper is the first up-to-date review of the various EEG-neurofeedback treatments for fibromyalgia patients and their psychological, physiological and general health consequences. Searches were made of the PubMed, PsycNet, Google Scholar and Scopus databases according to PRISMA guidelines for empirical peer-reviewed articles on EEG-neurofeedback treatment of fibromyalgia, yielding a final selection of 17 studies that met the inclusion criteria: (1) published articles and doctoral theses; (2) conducted between 2000 and 2022; (3) reporting empirical and quantitative data. These articles show that there is a wide range of protocols with different designs and procedures to treat fibromyalgia using EEG-neurofeedback techniques. The main symptoms that showed improvement were anxiety, depression, pain, general health and symptom severity, whilst the most commonly used method was traditional EEG neurofeedback based on a sensorimotor rhythm protocol. It may be concluded from the review that the lack of consistency and uniqueness of the protocols makes it very difficult to generalise results, despite the individual improvements identified. This review provides instructions and information that could guide future research and clinical practise, with the data extracted helping to gain a deeper understanding of the state of the art and the needs of the technique for this population group.

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