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BIOFEEDBACK TRAINING [3 records]

Record 1 2004-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

A form of relaxation training in which muscle relaxation is taught in the context of in vivo exposure therapy.

OBS

Individuals are taught to relax their muscles while being exposed to increasingly frightening situations.

CONT

... the relative effectiveness of EMG biofeedback, applied relaxation training and a combined procedure in the management of chronic, upper extremity cumulative trauma disorder...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
DEF

Forme d'apprentissage de la relaxation qui consiste à enseigner la relaxation musculaire dans le contexte d'une thérapie qui repose sur l'exposition réelle.

OBS

Les sujets apprennent à détendre leurs muscles alors qu'ils sont exposés à des situations anxiogènes d'intensité croissante.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hospital Furniture
DEF

Biofeedback devices for movement, strength and balance training. Aids providing an audible, visible or tactile signal in response to a specific physical or physiological action.

OBS

ISO code: 03 48 24.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mobilier d'hôpital
CONT

Appareils de biofeedback pour l'apprentissage du mouvement, de la force et de l'équilibre. Aides procurant un signal auditif, visuel ou tactile en réponse à une action physique ou physiologique particulière.

OBS

Biofeedback : rétroaction biologique.

OBS

Code ISO : 03 48 24.

Spanish

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Record 3 1991-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
  • Vessels (Medicine)
CONT

Thermal biofeedback is most often the treatment of choice with vascular disorders involving impaired blood circulation in the body, usually the head, hands or feet. Blood flow from an affected body part is recorded and made consciously available to patients who combine the knowledge with instructions from the therapist to increase or decrease circulation to the painful area.

OBS

Thermal biofeedback is also used in the treatment of migraines and Raynaud’s disease.

OBS

"Thermal biofeedback training" was used in the PASCAL database.

Key term(s)
  • skin temperature biofeedback
  • TB
  • TBF

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
CONT

Le "biofeedback thermique" (...) enregistre les variations de la température de la peau dans le but d'obtenir un état de relaxation ou de traiter les migraines et les troubles de la circulation superficielle.

OBS

Le terme "biorétroaction thermique" a été employé dans une revue technique unilingue française dans la base de données PASCAL.

OBS

Les termes génériques "apprentissage par la rétroaction biologique" et "biorétroaction" sont employés dans le Répertoire des vedettes-matières de l'Université Laval.

Key term(s)
  • B.T.
  • BT

Spanish

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