biofeedback
Sign in to savethumb|Biofeedback device for treating posttraumatic stress disorder
Key facts
- Medical intervention.Name
- Biofeedback
- Medical intervention.Image
- Biofeedback en.svg
- Medical intervention.Alt
- A person is connected to a computer with sensors, receiving information from the sensors via visual and sound information produced by the computer.
- Medical intervention.Caption
- A diagram showing the feedback loop between person, sensor, and processor to help provide biofeedback training
- Medical intervention.MeshID
- D001676
- Medical intervention.MedlinePlus
- 002241
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
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- Information coded biofeedback
- Sensor modalities
- Electromyograph
- Feedback thermometer
- Electrodermograph
- Electroencephalograph
- Photoplethysmograph
- Electrocardiogram
- Pneumograph
- Capnometer
- Rheoencephalograph
- Hemoencephalography
- Pressure
- Applications
- Urinary incontinence
- Fecal incontinence, constipation and anismus
- EEG
- Electrodermal system
- Musculoskeletal system
- Cardiovascular system
- Pain
- Chronic back pain
- Muscle pain
- Tension headache
- Migraine
- Phantom-limb pain
- Financial decision-making
- Stress reduction
- Anxiety management
- Clinical effectiveness
- Research
- Efficacy
- Criticisms
- Organizations
- Certification
- History
- Timeline
- In popular culture
- See also
- Footnotes
- External links
thumb|Biofeedback device for treating posttraumatic stress disorder
Biofeedback is the technique of gaining greater awareness of many physiological functions of one's own body by using electronic or other instruments, and with a goal of being able to control the body's systems at will. Humans conduct biofeedback naturally all the time, at varied levels of consciousness and intentionality. Biofeedback and the biofeedback loop can also be thought of as self-regulation. Some of the processes that can be controlled include brainwaves, muscle tone, skin conductance, heart rate and pain perception.