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Showing 1 to 20 of 123 for “"Biofeedback"”.
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Cardiac slowing as a function of biofeedback and sensory deprivation or biofeedback alone
… visual focusing on meaningless stimulation and biofeedback would produce larger heart rate decreases than biofeedback alone. Each subject attended three baseline sessions followed by six treatment sessions in which subjects experienced either biofeedback and the meaningless stimulus, or …
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Interactional Effects Between Levels of Biofeedback Confidence and Measures of Assertiveness on Biofeedback Treatment Outcome
<p>Problem. Not all individuals who enter a biofeedback program obtain the relief that they are seeking from their various pain-related or anxiety-related complaints. Some individuals obtain little or no relief, whereas others may eliminate their pain-related or anxiety-related complaints …
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The Effects of Biofeedback on Task Performance
… attempted to study the effectiveness of biofeedback training on an individual's peak performance while performing a stress-provoking task. In a between subjects design 30 individual college students were divided into 2 groups. One group received auditory biofeedback and relaxation …
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A Biofeedback-Based Physical Activity Advisory System
… of daily physical activity levels by leveraging biofeedback and context awareness features. In order to achieve this purpose, we design and develop an algorithm that provides a user with personalized physical activity advice. This advice increases the user's awareness through the use of calories …
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Phantomschmerz nach Extremitätenamputation : Diagnostik und Biofeedback-Behandlung
… bzw. beinamputierten Patienten ein zehnstündiges Biofeedback-Training durchgeführt, das zu einer signifikanten Reduktion des Phantomschmerzes führte. Besonders gut profitierten Patienten, die zusätzlich an Stumpfschmerz litten, eine hohe Reagibilität der Stumpfmuskulatur sowie attackenförmige …
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Workplace Posture Assessment and Biofeedback with Kinect
<p>With the prevalence of computing, many workers today are confined to desk within an office. By sitting in these positions for long periods of time, workers are prone to develop one of many musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), such as carpal tunnel syndrome. In order to prevent MSDs in the long …
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Comparison of auditory biofeedback schemes for gait training
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1982.
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HeartBit : mindful control of heart rate using haptic biofeedback
… is a device designed for haptic heart rate biofeedback. A handheld heart beats alongside your own, mirroring the size, weight, and movement of a hidden internal organ, now external and tangible, in real-time. HeartBit offers a medium for users to self-regulate in moments of stress, anxiety, …
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BioResonant interfaces : tangible, subliminal biofeedback to regulate physiological states
… the subconscious level using subliminal tactile biofeedback. Through this process, the user's physiological state can be aligned with their desired state. I present three different forms of the BioResonant Interface, a wearable device, a cushion, and a kinetic display, which utilize either heart …
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ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC AND ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC BIOFEEDBACK TRAINING OF OCCIPITAL LOBE THETA RHYTHM
<p>Three biofeedback training methods were used to train human subjects to enhance levels of occipital lobe theta electro-encephalographic rhythms. It was hypothesized that the subject's level of physiological arousal would differentially influence the effectiveness of the training methods. The …
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Just Add Monsters: Stressful Biofeedback Games for Improved Physiological Control
… and other therapeutic techniques (such as biofeedback) rely entirely on physiological regulation as the mechanism of action for improving mental health. During the current global mental health crisis, many people face a lack of immediate access to appropriate care, meaning that more readily …
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The Role of EEG Biofeedback Training Preceding an Automated Monitoring Task
… has been to investigate whether specialized EEG biofeedback training might have an ameliorating effect on reducing the vigilance decrement. Partial support was found that evidences utility to this end.</p>
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Effectiveness of Biofeedback in Improving Heart Rate Variability Recovery Following Stress
… the efficacy of heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback using emWave, a specific biofeedback device available to the public, and to determine whether such treatment affects phasic physiological responses to stress. Twenty-seven individuals (4 males, 23 females), aged 18-30 years (M = 22.54 …
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Clinical and Educational Efficacy of a University-Based Biofeedback Therapy Clinic.
… and a quantitative analysis of all peripheral biofeedback client data files of the University of North Texas Biofeedback Research and Training Laboratory since its establishment in 1991 and through the year of 2002. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical and educational efficacy …
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The role of biofeedback in improving anal continence after anterior resection
Incorporation of routine biofeedback into the management of patients with rectal cancer who are undergoing anterior resection offers potential for improved anal continence compared with standard management. A multicentre randomised controlled trial was performed to investigate this and 121 …
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