Kinesiology 1070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Biofeedback, Tension Headache, Psychophysiology
26 Sep 2018
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Lecture 5: the use of biofeedback interventions in injury rehabilitation. Biofeedback is another form of psychological skills training that has demonstrated potential in research environments within the field of psychophysiology. Background: physiological activity within your body is constantly changing as a result of other physiological indicators, environment (ie. exercise, emotions, stress), and psychological influence, your heart rate is changing every second to maintain an optimal balance/state. Internal vital rhythms and bodily functions define life, health, wellness, and performance: healthy individuals are able to adapt to changes in environment/performance, there is a dynamic relationship (inter-relationship) between psychological state and respective bodily functions. Study: emg feedback-assisted postoperative rehabilitation of minor arthroscopic knee. Instructed to perform isometric quad setting exercise and isokinetic knee extension exercise. Isokinetic tests of strength two weeks post-surgery revealed that patients given. Emg biofeedback during postoperative exercise demonstrated significantly greater extensor torque and quadriceps muscle fiber recruitment than controls (greater recovery of strength): potential mechanisms:
