Biofeedback

As such, biofeedback devices offer feedback on an individual’s bodily condition. Biofeedback machines serve as complex, recognizing intrinsic body functions with striking precision and sensitivity. These machines are capable of offering immediate information regarding the biological condition of an individual, for instance heart rate, respiration, skin conductivity, skin surface temperature, and muscle tension. The information obtained is employed to evaluate and direct treatment progress. There are different biofeedback forms comprising of EEG (electroencephalogram) biofeedback, otherwise recognized as neurofeedback. As such mental illnesses treated using neurofeedback is done, but are not constrained to ADHD, insomnia, anxiety, and depression devoid of…

1.Shanb, A. A., & Youssef, E. F. (2014). EFFECTS OF ADDING BIOFEEDBACK TRAINING TO ACTIVE EXERCISES AFTER TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY. Journal Of Musculoskeletal Research, 17(1), 1-10. doi:10.1142/S0218957714500018 (2014), Effects of adding Biofeedback training to active exercises after total knee arthroplasty. 2 The title is concise and clear. It addresses the effect of biofeedback training to active exercises after total knee arthroplasty to a particular group of people “ older adult in a…

Biofeedback for Anxiety In American society, anxiety is one of the most prevalent mental health conditions suffered by our population (Brauer, 1999). Though the criteria and classifications of anxiety has changed significantly over the decades, excessive emotional fear and physiological hyperarousal are still the condition’s most recognized attributes (1999). These are also the qualities that biofeedback practitioners target to help patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). In fact,…

psychological topic that has recently caught my attention is biofeedback. Biofeedback is a technique in which an individual learns to use his thoughts to control his body’s functions, such as heart rate and breathing rate, to an extent. It is often used to help treat various health issues, including anxiety and stress. I first learned about biofeedback through reading the textbook and then focused my research on the effectiveness of biofeedback in treating stress. This topic is very relevant and…

Biofeedback Can Help You Take Control of Your Chronic Joint Pain Over the past decade, scientists have learned a lot about how the brain functions. We know that our central nervous and autoimmune systems affect our physical, mental and emotional health, and that our physical, mental and emotional state can also affect these systems. We also know more about brain functioning, its connection to the body’s complex systems, and its brain’s ability to control bodily functions once thought to be…

Nursing Students experience a significant amount of stress and anxiety during their time in nursing school. In the article Biofeedback Intervention for Stress and Anxiety Among Nursing Students: A Randomized Control Trial, the researchers discuss the use of biofeedback measuring heart rate variability to control the amount of stress and anxiety second year nursing students experience during their clinical. The researchers decided use biofeedback heart rate variability (HRV), since there have…

Biofeedback is a technique to help people improve health problems and reduce pain by controlling the body’s response to blood pressure, heart rate, skin temperature, and muscle tension. Electrodes are attached to the skin or in some cases held in the hand. It measures each body functions and displays them on a monitor. The following are examples of techniques used; Electromyography (EMG) biofeedback. This type gives you information about your body's muscle tension so that you can practice…

In this chapter, the algorithm of the physical biofeedback action of the wearable adaptive biofeedback (WAB) framework will be discussed as displayed in Figure ef{fig:chapter5:overview}. Section 5.2 describes the compression therapy (CT) that has been chosen as the controllable parameter by the feedback action module with the reason why it has been chosen. Section 5.3 presents the background theories of control algorithms that can be used for the feedback action controller. Section 5.4…

Research dating back to the 1990’s show how respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) is affected by the breath work of the participant. As the participant breathes in the heart rate goes up, and as they breathe out their heart rate goes down (Lehrer & Gevirtz, 2014). When attached to a HRV biofeedback device, the participant is able to see the RSA as a wave form on the device they are using, allowing for a greater understanding of just how effective breath work can be. Lehrer and Gevirtz (2014) go on…

For instance, in Neural Biofeedback, biofeedback uses real-time EEG or fMRI to illustrate brain activity. Oftentimes, the main goal is to control the central nervous actions. Some individuals or medical practices use Neural Biofeedback as an alternative therapy that can help solve health issues such as high blood pressure, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), migraine headaches, and even depression. According to Dr. Inna Khazan, a biofeedback practitioner at Harvard Medical…