Biofeedback Group
vertigo
PATHOLOGY
The biofeedback treatment consisted of minimum 1 to maximum 5 monthly sessions. Each session lasted approximately 60 min. During training, we used session biofeedback to regulate respiratory frequency, heart rate, and muscle tension parameters, and we analyzed cognitive, emotional, psychological factors associated with vertigo. Between sessions, patients were asked to do exercises to improve breathing, relax musculature, and manage the pathology.All psycho-physiological data were recorded using Procomp Infinity by Thought Technology Ltd., an eight-channel computer-operated encoder. The software used was BioGraph Infinitiy (version 6.2.0). Muscle activity was assessed for the forehead (frontalis region), jaws (masseter, bilateral), and neck (sternocleidomastoids, bilateral). Particularly important for patients with vertigo, EMG electrodes were placed over the anterolateral muscles of the sternocleidomastoid neck. According to recommendations by Cram et al. (