Biofeedback Evidence
Biofeedback: what does the research say?
This page is a place to gather interesting papers related to biofeedback, and will grow as my website gathers more information.
Heart Rate Variability and Resonant Frequency
Zaccaro, A., Piarulli, A., Laurino, M., Garbella, E., Menicucci, D., Neri, B., & Gemignani, A. (2018). How Breath-Control Can Change Your Life: A Systematic Review on Psycho-Physiological Correlates of Slow Breathing. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 12. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2018.00353 (link)
Sakakibara, M., Hayano, J., Oikawa, L. O., Katsamanis, M., & Lehrer, P. (2013). Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Improves Cardiorespiratory Resting Function During Sleep. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 38(4), 265–271. doi: 10.1007/s10484-013-9232-7 (link)
Lehrer, P., Vaschillo, B., Zucker, T., Graves, J., Katsamanis, M., Aviles, M., & Wamboldt, F. (2013). Protocol for Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Training. Biofeedback, 41(3), 98–109. doi: 10.5298/1081-5937-41.3.08 (link)
Surface Electromyography
Qiao, J., Zhang, S.-L., Zhang, J., & Feng, D. (2019). A study on the paraspinal muscle surface electromyography in acute nonspecific lower back pain. Medicine, 98(34). doi: 10.1097/md.0000000000016904 (link)
Neblett, R. (2016). Surface Electromyographic (SEMG) Biofeedback for Chronic Low Back Pain. Healthcare, 4(2), 27. doi: 10.3390/healthcare4020027 (link)
Skin Conductance
Nagai, Y., Jones, C. I., & Sen, A. (2019). Galvanic Skin Response (GSR)/Electrodermal/Skin Conductance Biofeedback on Epilepsy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Frontiers in Neurology, 10. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00377 (link)
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