バイオフィードバック療法が術後創部痛に有効であった1例

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Patient was a 64-year-old male with lung cancer who underwent right upper lobectomy. Severe pain of surgical scar continued after this operation. Since the trials of local anesthesia and epidural block were not effective sufiiciently, electro-myographic (EMG) biofeedback therapy with a device of P 303 (Cyborg Company) was attempted to relax internal and external costal muscles contraction. The initial EMG Ievel before therapy was 30 μV. After one hour therapy, it dramatically decreased to 3 μV. The EMG level decreased to 1.25 μV by the further therapy. However, the level happened to increase to 160 μV as strong pain developed and became out of control. By 2 weeks therapy, the post surgical pain disappeared almost completely and the patient could control both EMG level and his pain with this therapy. This case suggested that EMG biofeedback therapy was one of the very effective treatment for the post-surgical pain intensified by the sustained muscle contraction.
日本心身医学会の論文
1994-04-01