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First non-contingent respiratory biofeedback placebo versus contingent biofeedback...
Full Title: First non-contingent respiratory biofeedback placebo versus contingent biofeedback in patients with chronic low back pain: a randomized, controlled, double-blind trial
Previous studies reported that respiratory feedback (RFB) aids in alleviating chronic pain. However, to date, this adjunct treatment has not been rigorously tested against non-contingent (placebo) feedback. Forty-two patients with chronic low back pain were randomized to either RFB or non-contingent RFB. Both groups performed a daily 30-min home training for 15 consecutive days. A respiratory associated relaxation index (RI) was measured. Pain levels and a somatosensory profile were assessed before and after intervention. Additionally, pain levels were assessed 3 months after the end of intervention. Secondary outcome parameters included daily functioning, psychopathology, and suggestibility. T-tests showed higher and significant pain reductions for RFB, compared to non-contingent RFB. Between-group comparisons reached no significance. However, changes were more pronounced in the RFB condition, which was also true for the course of the RI and the psychopathological scores. This is the first study using a non-contingent respiratory placebo feedback in a randomized, controlled design. Within this design previous positive findings of symptom reductions in patients treated with RFB could partially replicated. Nonetheless, tendencies suggest that contingent feedback patients compared to placebo patients profit more from RFB in the long run regarding reduction of chronic pain and psychological distress.
Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback. 2010 Sep;35(3):207-17. Kapitza KP, Passie T, Bernateck M, Karst M. Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Clinic, Hannover Medical School, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
What does a fulfilled life mean? Certainly it is much more than just paying bills, having kids, and comfortably retiring. There simply must be much more to living than that. Over the years I’ve worked with countless people who feel that something is missing. Yet, they don’t know what.
Back in the 1943, the American psychologist Abraham Maslow gave us a theory that endures until today. He specified that people have a “hierarchy of needs,” which stipulates that needs must be satisfied in this order: physiological, safety, love and belonging, esteem, and then self-actualization. Once...
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My favorite Christmas movie is the 1946 Frank Capra movie It’s a Wonderful Life, staring Jimmy Stewart...
In our culture alcohol consumption has often been synonymous with being socially accepted. Somehow we have linked the ingestion of these liquids, which everyone knows contains toxic substances, to our desire to be socially connected. It has always been the baby boomers version of Facebook and Twitter. In fact, decades ago while serving as a young Army officer, it would have been considered an insult not to share a few “cold ones” with the men as a form of celebration. I’m not saying the Generation X and Y’ers are immune to becoming alcoholics. It seems to be a problem that transcends...
