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BIOFEEDBACK
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Definition
..a method of controlling a system by
reinserting into it the results of its past
performance.
1.information is detected,
2.provided in an understandable way to
the patient who can then, at their own
initiation,
3.use the information to achieve a
measure of control over the same
process.
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Every day forms of
biofeedback
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BF as a component of treatment
should be integrated with other therapeutic
interventions
an enhancer of the therapy
reduce their reliance on the therapist
gain control without reliance on the
therapist,
and once gained,
to maintain control without either the
therapist or the machine.
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Working
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Electrode Placement
Silver/Silver Chloride
construction
judicious electrode
placement
electrode spacing
Noise/ movement
artefact
active electrodes
should be placed in
parallel with the
dominant muscle
fibres
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Features of the BF Devices
Gain settings, low & high
Sound
Threshold
Peak Hold facility
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Uses
Facilitate muscle contractions
Regain neuromuscular control
Decrease muscle spasm
Promote relaxation
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Indications
Stroke
Spinal cord injury
Recovering and improving muscle action
Chronic musculoskeletal injury
Pain
Posture control
Balance and mobility
Trunk muscle re education
Respiratory muscle controle
Stress related conditions
Hypertension
Idiopathic Raynauds disease
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Contraindications
If the patient is prohibited from moving the
joint or isometric contractions, then BF
should NOT be used
Unhealed tendon grafts
Avulsed tendons
Third degree tears of muscle fibers
Unstable fracture
Injury to joint structure, ligaments, capsule,
or articulating surface