title: Predictors of success in hypertensives treated with biofeedback-assisted relaxation.
abstract: This paper describes differences in response in seventeen patients with essential hypertension who participated in a treatment program consisting of electromyograph biofeedback assisted relaxation training. Responders were found to have higher treatment values of urinary and plasma cortisol, Trait Anxiety and forehead muscle tension compared to treatment failures. Responders also sustained greater decreases in plasma, and urinary cortisol after treatment. These data are discussed in light of the ability to predict which hypertensive patients may be most benefitted by a relaxation based treatment.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology; D001794:Blood Pressure; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D006973:Hypertension / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009126:Muscle Relaxation; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D006854:Hydrocortisone