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Psychosomatic Medicine 35:484-496 (1973)
© 1973 American Psychosomatic Society

EMG Biofeedback and Tension Headache: A Controlled Outcome Study

THOMAS H. BUDZYNSKI PHD1, JOHANN M. STOYVA PHD1, CHARLES S. ADLER MD1, and DANIEL J. MULLANEY MA1

1 University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, Colorado 80220

A significant reduction in muscle contraction headache activity was observed in patients trained in the relaxation of the forehead musculature through EMG biofeedback. Training consisted of 16 semiweekly 20 min. EMG feedback sessions augmented by daily home practice. A pseudofeedback control group and a no-treatment control group failed to show significant reductions. A three-month follow-up questionnaire revealed a greatly decreased medication usage in the experimental group.

Submitted on October 2, 1972
Revised on March 16, 1973




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