Biofeedback in medicine: Who, when, why and how?

Mental Health in Family Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 85-91

  Frank, Dana L ^a   Khorshid, Lamees ^a   Kiffer, Jerome F ^a   Moravec, Christine S ^a   McKee, Michael G ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Biofeedback; Psychophysiology; Relaxation response; Self regulation; Stress management

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANXIETY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BREATHING RATE; CERVICAL DYSTONIA; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TENSION HEADACHE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WELLBEING;

EID: 77956461111     PISSN: 1756834X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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