The USA-USSR collaborative cross-cultural comparison of autogenic training and thermal biofeedback in the treatment of mild hypertension.

Cardiovascular reactivity (heart rate, systolic, and diastolic BP) to mental arithmetic and cold pressor were measured before and after treatment as part of the cross-cultural (USSR and USA) evaluation of thermal biofeedback and autogenic training (in comparison with self-relaxation) as treatments for mild hypertension in unmedicated males. There were no statistically reliable decreases in cardiovascular reactivity from before to after treatment. However, downward shifts in basal levels of systolic and diastolic BP at post-treatment led treated patients to have lower stress-induced levels of BP.

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The effects of thermal biofeedback and autogenic training of cardiovascular reactivity: The joint USSR-USA behavioral hypertension treatment project

Blanchard

McCoy

McCaffrey

et al. 1988

Biofeedback and Self-Regulation

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End organ changes associated with the self-regulatory treatment of mild essential hypertension?

McCoy

Fein

Blanchard

et al. 1988

Biofeedback and Self-Regulation

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M-mode echocardiograms were obtained on unmedicated males with mild hypertension before and after treatment with thermal biofeedback, autogenic training, or self-relaxation. Although patients for whom diastolic blood pressure (DBP) was successfully reduced showed trends toward reduction in left ventricular parameters while unsuccessful patients showed no changes, the results were not significant. For the four patients with borderline left ventricular hypertrophy, there was a strong trend (p = .06) for successful treatment to lead to a reduction in left ventricular mass. Moreover, across the whole sample, reduction in left ventricular mass was related (r = .30) to decrease in DBP.

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Subjective experiences associated with thermal biofeedback treatment of hypertension

Blanchard

Cornish

Wittrock

et al. 1990

Biofeedback and Self-Regulation

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Reports of subjective experiences of 73 hypertensive patients who were treated with thermal biofeedback for hand warming were obtained over 16 treatment sessions. Most of the differential responding in subjective report occurred in the first 5 sessions. Differences in reports of throbbing were associated with medication status during treatment (presence of sympatholytic antihypertensive agent). From 4 to 9% of patients report negative subjective experiences at any one session. When short-term clinical successes (either elimination of medication or reduction of BP) were compared with short-term failures, it was found that successes reported more warmth, more likelihood of falling asleep, and more dreamlike experiences. The latter were more likely to occur suddenly for the successes. Correlational analyses revealed consistent positive associations between reports of warmth and relaxation with highest temperature achieved in the session and consistent negative associations between experiencing physical sensations and degree of temperature change within the session.

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The USA-USSR collaborative cross-cultural comparison of autogenic training and thermal biofeedback in the treatment of mild hypertension.

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The effects of thermal biofeedback and autogenic training of cardiovascular reactivity: The joint USSR-USA behavioral hypertension treatment project

The effects of thermal biofeedback and autogenic training of cardiovascular reactivity: The joint USSR-USA behavioral hypertension treatment project

End organ changes associated with the self-regulatory treatment of mild essential hypertension?

Subjective experiences associated with thermal biofeedback treatment of hypertension

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