Clinical applications of biofeedback

Abstract

In some cases such as the control of migraine it is not yet known whether biofeedback offers anything over relaxation training. Of rather greater interest and potential is the use of biofeedback in those conditions where it is not clear that relaxation training per se would be advantageous, for example in muscular rehabilitation, the control of dysrhythmias, and the treatment of epilepsy. In these instances the great flexibility of biofeedback which enables the subject to identify the deviant response and appropriate method of control (whether it be relaxation, tensing, imagining pleasant events, or willing the response) is a powerful feature in its favour.