筋電図バイオフィードバック療法が奏効した高齢者の口・舌不随意症(オーラル・ジスキネジア)の3例

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Oral dyskiesia is one of the most refractory symptoms in geriatrics. This pilot study was undertaken to elucidate whether EMG-biofeedback training works on this symptom. Biofeedback training to aged people has been positive only in only in patients with sequelae of cerebrovascular accidents and fecal incontinence sofar. 3 subjects (male ; 1,female ; 2) were between 71 and 76 yeas old. They suffered from oral dyskinesia for 1 to 6 years. Electrodes were fixed on the skin surface of the cow muscle in the case of munching, and the muscles around the hyoid bone in grinding and thrusting of the tongue. They received from 18 to 38 sessions of EMG-biofeedback training. The results showed that all patients improved dyskinetic symptoms with the decreased EMG-threshold and were free from 2 months to 6 months. These findings suggest that EMG-biofeedback training is useful to improve oral dyskinesia in some geriatric patients. Further study should be necessary to evaluate the efficacy of this technique on oral dyskinesia of aged people.
日本バイオフィードバック学会の論文
1985-06-30