PRESENTATION ON

BIOFEEDBACK

PRESENTED BY:-FIROZ QURESHIMSC (NSG) 1ST YEARTMCON

INTRODUCTION:

The word "biofeedback" was coined in the late 1960s. Biofeedback is a technique you can use to learn to control your body's functions, such as your heart rate. With biofeedback, you're connected to electrical sensors that help you receive information (feedback) about your body (bio).

A diagram showing the feedback loop between person, sensor, and processor to help provide biofeedback training

DEFINITION

Biofeedback machines give immediate information about an individual’s own biological conditions’ such as muscle tension, skin surface temperature, brain-wave activity, skin condition, blood pressure, and heart rate.

(Sadock & Sadock 2007)

TYPES OF BIOFEEDBACK:

Therapist might use several different biofeedback methods. Brainwave. This type of method uses

scalp sensors to monitor your brain waves using an electroencephalograph (EEG).

CONT…Breathing. During respiratory biofeedback,

bands are placed around your abdomen and chest to monitor your breathing pattern and respiration rate.

CONT…Heart rate. This type of biofeedback uses finger or earlobe sensors with a device called a photo plethysmograph or sensors placed on your chest, lower torso or wrists using an electrocardiograph (ECG) to measure your heart rate and heart rate variability.

CONT…Muscle. This method of biofeedback involves

placing sensors over your skeletal muscles with an electromyography (EMG) to monitor the electrical activity that causes muscle contraction.

CONT…Sweat glands. Sensors attached around your fingers or on your palm or wrist with an electrodermograph (EDG) measure the activity of your sweat glands and the amount of perspiration on your skin, alerting you to anxiety.

CONT….Temperature. Sensors attached to your fingers

or feet measure your blood flow to your skin. Because your temperature often drops when you're under stress, a low reading can prompt you to begin relaxation techniques.

CONT….A PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPH (PPG)

measures the relative blood flow through a digit using a photoplethysmographic (PPG) sensor attached by a Velcro band to the fingers or to the temple to monitor the temporal artery.

How is Biofeedback Used Today?Clinical biofeedback techniques that grew out of the early laboratory procedures are now widely used to treat an ever-lengthening list of conditions. These include:Migraine headaches, tension headaches,

and many other types of painDisorders of the digestive systemHigh blood pressure and its opposite, low

blood pressure

CONT…Cardiac arrhythmias (abnormalities,

sometimes dangerous, in the rhythm of the heartbeat)

Raynaud's disease (a circulatory disorder that causes uncomfortably cold hands)

EpilepsyParalysis and other movement disorders

Other conditions that biofeedback may also be useful for, include:Back painDepression AnxietyAsthma High blood

pressureDiabetes Headaches

MigrainesChronic painAnorexia nervosaLearning

disabilitiesMuscle spasmsMotion sickness

SUMMARY:- So today we have discussed the topic introduction, definition, types of biofeedback, how is use biofeedback, and other conditions that biofeedback may also be useful.

CONCLUSIONbiofeedback is good An extremely costly and time-consuming treatment modality, management of episodic and chronic primary headache disorder exacta.

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