パーキンソニズム振戦に対するバイオフィードバックの適用

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It has been reported that during periods of emotional excitment Parkinsonian tremor may increase and can, at times, be reduced by conscious effort. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the possibility of the selfcontrol on the reduction of hand tremor in Parkinsonisms. The upper trapezius EMG feedback was used to reduce emotionally induced tremor (first step), and the amplitude of hand tremor feedback was used to inhibit tremor-at-rest (second step). At the first step, verbal stimulus was used, and at the second step, auditory (1000Hz, pure tone) stimulus was used as feedback signals. The patient underwent two or three training sessions per week for a period of 5 weeks. With this "biofeedback" training in relaxation, the patient not only learned to decrease upper trapezius EMG activities but produce subsequent reduction in the hand tremors. Results indicate that biofeedback training is the useful method to reduce Parkinsonian tremor.
日本バイオフィードバック学会の論文
1981-06-30