College of Education
Date of Award
Summer 8-1987
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Alan Mark
Abstract
Fifteen adults from the general population with chronic tension headaches were divided into four groups. Four were assigned to relaxation instructions, biofeedback (EMG and temperature), and home relaxation practice; four were assigned to relaxation instructions and biofeedback; four were assigned to biofeedback alone; and three were assigned to a no-treatment group. Subjects completed a ten-day baseline period followed by a three-week treatment period. Measures were taken of headache frequency, duration, intensity, frontalis EMG, and temperature recordings. Comparisons of pre- and post-treatment data indicated that not one treatment group was significantly different from any other treatment group, including the no-treatment group, in the reduction of self-reported headache frequency, duration, and intensity.
Recommended Citation
Waters, Micahel Earl, "The Efficacy of Biofeedback in the Treatment of Tension Headaches" (1987). College of Education. 9.
https://falconcommons.utpb.edu/utpb-edu/9
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