Games are often used as training devices in various tasks, but proper biofeedback is more seldom used. Within an EU project it was explored how biofeedback games can target emotion regulation and be evaluated meaningfully. While many use games and biofeedback separately, here the focus was to combine them. This was explored through how the games were perceived and played while players were puni...

FEATURE: Spring 2006, Biofeedback Intravaginal SEMG Biofeedback . Spring 2006 3 This paper summarizes the work of the author in the field of pelvic floor muscle surface electromyography in the diagnosis and treatment of lower urogenital tract pain disorders. The history, definition, and treatment of vulvodynia is reviewed. The origins of pelvic floor surface electromyography (SEMG) biofeedback ...

The Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, Inc. (http://www.aapb.org) defines biofeedback as: “the process of gaining greater awareness of many physiological functions primarily using instruments that provide information on those same systems, with a goal of being able to manipulate them at will.” In their website it is further stated that: “Biofeedback is a process that enab...

Purpose. It has been well documented that nursing students across the world experience stress and anxiety throughout their education and training. The purpose of this randomized controlled study is to investigate the impact of biofeedback intervention program on nursing students' levels of stress and anxiety during their first clinical training. Methods. Participants consisted of 60 second-year...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Alterations of gait cycle and foot-drop on the paretic limb are characteristic of stroke patients. Electromyographic biofeedback treatment has been used in rehabilitation of walking, but results are controversial. We performed gait analysis to evaluate the efficacy of electromyographic biofeedback compared with physical therapy. METHODS Sixteen patients with ischemic st...

Orthopedic patients are often instructed on how much weight to bear on an injured or postoperative extremity. Although specific weight-bearing instructions are given to a majority of lower-extremity orthopedic patients, the ability of patients to comply with these instructions is questioned in the medical literature. This study compared the effectiveness of new forms of clinical interventions d...

Background/Aims Balloon expulsion test (BET) is regarded as a screening tool of dyssynergic defecation (DD). However, some patients with normal BET results may be treated effectively by biofeedback training. This study aims to validate BET as a single screening test. Methods Two hundred and thirty-two patients who were diagnosed with functional constipation or irritable bowel syndrome with co...

[Purpose] This study aimed to investigate the effects of ankle biofeedback training on muscle strength of the ankle joint, balance, and gait in stroke patients. [Subjects and Methods] Twenty-seven subjects who had had a stroke were randomly allocated to either the ankle biofeedback training group (n=14) or control group (n=13). Conventional therapy, which adhered to the neurodevelopmental treat...

With great interest, we have been following the developing variety and popularity of commercially available wearable sensor technologies, as well as the discussion concerning their usefulness for improving fitness and health (Duking et al., 2016; Halson et al., 2016; Sperlich and Holmberg, 2016). Although many of these devices may not necessarily fulfill scientific criteria for quality (Sperlic...

Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is a debilitating condition, traditionally treated with antimicrobials, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and alpha-blockers. Pelvic floor tension myalgia is hypothesized to be a contributing factor in CPPS. Biofeedback training for CPPS is based on the principle that maximum muscle contraction prompts maximum muscle relaxation. Sim...