QUESTION Is biofeedback during the practice of lower limb activities after stroke effective in improving performance of those activities, and are any benefits maintained after intervention ceases? DESIGN Systematic review with meta-analysis of randomised trials. PARTICIPANTS People who have had a stroke. INTERVENTION Biofeedback during practice of sitting, standing up, standing, or walkin...

PURPOSE This study prospectively investigated the effects of biofeedback therapy on objective anorectal function and subjective bowel function in patients after sphincter-saving surgery for rectal cancer. METHODS Sixteen patients who underwent an ileostomy were randomized into two groups, one receiving conservative management with the Kegel maneuver and the other receiving active biofeedback ...

The efficacy of biofeedback treatment on faecal incontinence and anorectal function was evaluated in eight patients with faecal incontinence treated with biofeedback training and medical therapy. Outcome and anorectal function were compared with nine faecal incontinent patients who received medical therapy alone. Three month follow up showed that 50% of patients in the biofeedback plus conventi...

In recent years, a great amount of interest has been generated by the potential treatment application of biofeedback techniques in vaiious psychosomatic disorders. The possibility of using it in the treatment of tension headache was first advanced by Budzynski et al. (1970). Subsequently various workers demonstrated a similar encouraging result in uncontrolled studies (Wickramasekera, 1972 ; Mc...

PURPOSE The aims of this review are 1) to critically evaluate the literature on the efficacy of biofeedback treatment for fecal incontinence, 2) to compare different types of biofeedback, and 3) to identify patient characteristics which predict a successful outcome. METHODS The MEDLINE database was searched for articles published between 1973 and 1999 which included the terms "biofeedback" an...

BACKGROUND A randomized controlled study (RCT) recently showed that short-term heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback in addition to standard rehabilitation care for alcohol dependence can reduce craving, anxiety and improve cardiovascular autonomic function. In this one-year follow-up study we aimed to explore whether completion of 2-week HRV-Biofeedback training is associated with long-term...

conclusion the results of the study suggest that biofeedback training may help to train stressed athletes to acquire a control over their psychophysiological processes, thus helping an athlete to perform maximally. results two way repeated measure anova was used to simultaneously compare within and between group differences. response time, concentration, heart rate variability, respiration rate...

Real time motion monitoring and biofeedback is essential for efficient training, technique improvements and reducing the risk of injuries in sports training applications. This paper proposes a novel approach for measuring and improving jump landing technique based on lower extremity joint kinematics. The system consists of wireless wearable inertial sensors, a customised software for data proce...

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of resonant breathing biofeedback training for reducing stress among manufacturing operators. Resonant breathing biofeedback works by teaching people to recognize their involuntary heart rate variability and to control patterns of this physiological response. Thirty-six female operators from an electronic manufacturing factory were randomly assign...