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The biofeedback technique has recently been introduced in the treatment of psychosomatic disorders from the standpoint of behavioral therapy, and it has recognized that the various autonomic functions which have long been believed to be uncontrollable can be modified. However, there have been only few studies concerning a respiratory feedback. An attempt was made to investigate modification of respiratory pattern and to explore the practicability of its learning in selected patients, with using a Braun tube monitor and respiratory feedback. Assigned to the study were 7 psychosomatic patients at age between 17-62 years. The recording of respiration was obtained by a cathode ray tube monitor and an electromagnetic recorder via an electromagnetic respiratory pickup attached to the surface of the body. The data indicated that the protraction of respiratory interval or the diminution of respiratory rate as well as the increase of both costal and abdominal breathing with respiratory biofeedback method.
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