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Research: MCGRADY, Department of Ps
Listed in Issue 28
Abstract
MCGRADY, Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo USA writes that dysregulation in blood pressure control can occur as a result of psychological stress in either the hypertensive or hypotensive direction. Psychophysiological techniques using biofeedback and relaxation have been shown to be effective in controlled studies of hypertensive patients. Electromyograph, thermal, skin conductance and direct blood pressure feedback have been used alone or in combination with relaxation, blood pressure monitoring and drug treatment. The author proposes prediction models to define which type of hypertensive is likely to respond with significant decreases in blood pressure. A cardiovascular disorder which presents with symptoms of lightheadedness, dizziness, syncope and migraine-type headache - neurocardiogenic syncope - has been shown to respond positively to biofeedback-assisted relaxation.
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References
McGrady A. Good news - bad press: applied psychophysiology in cardiovascular disorders. Biofeedback Self Regul 21(4): 335-46. Dec 1996.
