Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback
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Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback · Sep 1998
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialComparison of biofeedback and relaxation in the treatment of pediatric headache and the influence of parent involvement on outcome.
The relative efficacy of EMG-frontalis feedback and progressive relaxation was examined in children with tension-type or combined headaches (8-14 yrs. old). Furthermore, the influence of parent involvement, in the form of a three-session educational approach, on training outcome was systematically explored (2 x 2 factor design). Fifty children took part in the study, 40 were randomly assigned to the four different treatment conditions, 10 children participated in the self-monitoring control group. ⋯ At follow-up the reduction of headache activity is even more prominent. A different evaluative approach points to the superiority of biofeedback revealing a mean effect size for biofeedback training that reflects a good to excellent improvement rate. Correlations between headache data from children and parents are high.