Biofeedback, autogenic training, and progressive relaxation in the treatment of Raynaud's disease: a comparative study
| Autor: | Richard S. Surwit, Robert N. Pilon, Francis J. Keefe |
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| Rok vydání: | 1980 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Sociology and Political Science medicine.medical_treatment Autogenic training Relaxation Therapy Biofeedback Heart Rate Heart rate Humans Medicine Autogenic Training Applied Psychology Progressive muscle relaxation Relaxation (psychology) business.industry Skin temperature Biofeedback Psychology Raynaud Disease medicine.disease Cold Temperature Philosophy Raynaud's disease Physical therapy Female Skin Temperature business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. 13:3-11 |
| ISSN: | 0021-8855 |
| DOI: | 10.1901/jaba.1980.13-3 |
| Popis: | Twenty-one female patients suffering from diagnosed idiopathic Raynaud's Disease were trained to raise digital skin temperature using either autogenic training, progressive muscle relaxation, or a combination of autogenic training and skin temperature feedback. Patients were instructed in the treatment procedures in three one-hour group sessions spaced one week apart. All patients were instructed to practice what they had learned twice a day at home. Patients kept records of the frequency of vasospastic attacks occurring over a four-week baseline period, and during the first four weeks and the ninth week of training. In addition, patients underwent four laboratory cold stress tests during which they were instructed to maintain digital temperature as the ambient temperature was slowly dropped from 26 degrees to 17 degrees C. Cold stress tests were given during week 1 of baseline and during weeks 1, 3, and 5 of training. No significant differences between the three behavioral treatment procedures were obtained. In addition, the ability of patients to maintain digital temperature during the cold stress challenge showed significant improvement from the first to the last tests. Symptomatic improvement was maintained by all patients nine weeks after the start of training. The implications of these findings for the behavioral treatment of Raynaud's Disease are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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