Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Randomized-Controlled Study.

ABSTRACT: To determine whether heart rate variability biofeedback (HRV-BF) training, compared to a psychoeducation control condition can strengthen the integration of the central and autonomic nervous systems as measured by neuropsychological measures in patients with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Participants were recruited from two university hospitals in Taipei, Taiwan. A total of 49 participants with mTBI were recruited for this study. Forty-one participants completed the study, 21 in the psychoeducation group and 20 in the HRV-BF group. Randomized controlled study. The Taiwanese Frontal Assessment Battery, the Semantic Association of Verbal Fluency Test, the Taiwanese version of the Word Sequence Learning Test, the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test-Revised, and the Trail Making Test wer

SUBMITTER: Lu HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10582136 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature