Relevance of muscular sensitivity, muscular activity, and cognitive variables for pain reduction associated with EMG biofeedback in fibromyalgia

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 84, Issue 3 PART I, 1997, Pages 1043-1050

  Sarnoch, Harald ^a   Adler, Falco ^a   Scholz, O Berndt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TONE; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN THRESHOLD; SICK ROLE;

EID: 0031159731     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1997.84.3.1043     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. APPELBAUM, K. A., BLANCHARD, E. B., & ANDRASIK, F. (1984) Muscle discrimination ability at three muscle sites in three headache groups. Biofeedback and Self-Regulation, 9, 421-430.
2. BAECKMAN, E., BENGTSSON, A., BENGTSSON, M., LENNMARKEN, C., & HENRIKSSON, K. G. (1988) Skeletal muscle function in primary fibromyalgia, effect of regional sympathetic blockade with guanethidine. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 77, 187-191.
3. COHEN, J. (1988) Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
4. CRAM, J. (1988) Surface EMG recordings and pain-related disorders: a diagnostic framework. Biofeedback and Self-Regulation, 13, 123-138.
5. ELERT, J. E., RANTAPÄÄ-DAHLQVIST, S. B., HENRIKSON-LARSEN, K., & GERDLE, B. (1989) Increased EMG activity during short pauses in patients with primary fibromyalgia. Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology, 18, 321-323.
6. ELERT, J. E., RANTAPÄÄ-DAHLQVIST, S. B., HENRIKSON-LARSEN, K., & GERDLE, B. (1992) Muscle performance, electromyography and fibre type composition in fibromyalgia and work-related myalgia. Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology, 21, 28-34.
7. FERRACCIOLI, G., GHIRELLI, L., SCITA, F., NOLLI, M., MOZZANI, M., FONTANA, S., SCORSONELLI, M., TRIDENTI, A., & DE RISIO, C. (1987) EMG-biofeedback training in fibromyalgia syndrome. Journal of Rheumatology, 14, 820-825.
8. FLOR, H., BEHLE, D., & BIRBAUMER, N. (1993) Assessment of pain-related cognitions in chronic pain patients. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 31, 63-73.
9. FLOR, H., BIRBAUMER, N., SCHULTE, W., & ROOS, R. (1991) Stress-related electromyographic responses in patients with chronic temporomandibular pain. Pain, 46, 145-152.
10. FLOR, H., BIRBAUMER, N., & TURK, D. (1990) The psychobiology of chronic pain. Advances in Behavior Research and Therapy, 12, 47-87.
11. FLOR, H., SCHUGENS, M., & BIRBAUMER, N. (1992) Discrimination of muscle tension in chronic pain patients and healthy controls. Biofeedback and Self-Regulation, 17, 165-177.
12. GRAVE, K., DONATI, R., & BERNAUER, F. (1994) Psychotherapie im Wandel: Von der Konfession zur Profession [A changing psychotherapy: from denomination to profession]. Göttingen: Hogrefe.
13. HOLROYD, K. A., & PENZIEN, D. B. (1986) Client variables and the behavioral treatment of recurrent tension headache: a meta-analytic review. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 9, 515-536.
14. HOLROYD, K. A., PENZIEN, D., HURSEY, K., TOBIN, D., ROGERS, L., HOLM, J., MARCILLE, P., HALL, J., & CHILA, A. (1984) Change mechanisms in EMG biofeedback training: cognitive changes underlying improvements in tension headache. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 52, 1039-1053.
15. JACOBSEN, S., BARTELS, E. M., & DANNESKIOLD-SAMSOE, B. (1991) Single cell morphology of muscle in patients with chronic muscle pain. Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology, 20, 336-343.
16. LIPPOLD, O. (1967) Electromyography. In P. Venables & I. Martin (Eds.), A manual of psychophysiological methods. Amsterdam: North-Holland. Pp. 245-297.
17. LORD, F. M. (1963) Elementary models for measuring change. In C. W. Harris (Ed.), Problems in measuring change. Madison, WI: Univer. of Wisconsin Press. Pp. 21-38.
18. SARNOCH, H. (1995) Zur Relevanz propriozeptiver Wahrnehmungsprozesse bei der Primären Fibromyalgie. [The relevance of proprioception for primary fibromyalgia]. Bonn: Holos.
19. STILSON, D., MATUS, J., & BALL, G. (1980) Relaxation and subjective estimates of muscle tension: implications for a central effort theory of muscle control. Biofeedback and Self-Regulation, 5, 19-36.
20. TEUFEL, R., & TRAUE, H. C. (1989) Myogenic factors in low back pain. In J. R. Cram (Ed.), Clinical perspectives on headache. Toronto: Hogrefe & Huber. Pp. 64-83.
21. WOLFE, F., SMYTHE, H. A., YUNUS, M. B., BENNETT, R. M., BOMBARDIER, C., GOLDENBERG, D. L., TUGWELL, P., CAMPBELL, S. M., ABELES, M., CLARK, P., FAM, A. G., FARBER, S. J., FIECHTNER, J. J., FRANKLIN, C. M., GATTER, R. A., HAMATY, D., LESSARD, J., LICHTEROUN, A. S., MASI, A. T., MCCAIN, G. A., REYNOLDS, W. J., ROMANO, T. J., RUSSELL, I. J., & SHEON, R. P. (1990) The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of fibromyalgia. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 33, 160-172.
22. YUNUS, M. B. (1988) Diagnosis, etiology, and management of fibromyalgia syndrome: an update. Comprehensive Therapy, 14, 8-20.