Asthma

Study shows promise for biofeedback therapy

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, March 20th, 2005

For the estimated 20.3 million adults and 6.3 million children in the U.S. who suffer from asthma, the primary treatment is the use of medications to help reduce the underlying inflammation in the airways.

A recent study by members of the Association of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB) is one of the first to explore the use of biofeedback as a complementary treatment to medication. And the results of this nascent study generated promising results.

The study, published in Chest specifically evaluated the effectiveness of heart rate variability biofeedback on asthma. Heart rate variability (HRV) refers to a complex pattern of...

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