title: Beneficial effects of accurate and false brief biofeedback on relaxation.
abstract: Much research has focused on the efficacy of biofeedback therapy; however, previous studies only compared biofeedback treatment with no-treatment conditions or pre- and posttest data. Examination of biofeedback relaxation therapy with a false-feedback condition could produce data on physiological changes suitable to clarify findings. 63 participants were randomly assigned to either an accurate- or false-feedback condition for a 5-min. period. Analysis of the measures yielded significant differences in both groups between pre- and posttests, but not between groups, suggesting a potential placebo effect of biofeedback-induced relaxation.
authors.affiliation: Evangel University, USA. Kamden@ksem.org
authors.forename: Kamden K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Strunk
authors.forename: Geoffrey W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Sutton
authors.forename: Nathan S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Burns
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D015990:Placebo Effect; D012063:Relaxation / Q000523:psychology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult