clinical seizures
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Clinical Application of Biofeedback Training in Epilepsy
The research on biofeedback training in epilepsy is reviewed, with special regard to 1) extinction treatment of sensory induced epilepsia, and 2) sensory motor rhytm (SMR) feedback, where increase in SMR is supposed to decrease clinical seizures. Two cases, one of each of the two treatment techniques, illustrate the procedures. It is concluded that the extinction procedure is ready for clinical application, whereas SMR biofeedback is in need of further study before it can be recommended for general clinical application.
View Full Paper →Reduction of seizures and normalization of the EEG in a severe epileptic following sensorimotor biofeedback training: Preliminary study
Sensorimotor rhythm (SMR) biofeedback training was attempted in a 13-year-old male with frequent epileptic seizures. Prior to training the subject was averaging almost eight clinical seizures an hour. The SMR filter was tuned sharply to 12 ± 1 Hz. Feedback was conducted over approximately six months and continues to the present. In that time the subject's percentage of SMR increased from about 10%, prior to training, to 65% after the 34th training session. Correspondingly, his rate of clinical seizures decreased by a factor of 10 and a significant reduction in percentage of epileptiform discharges was noted. Beginning with trial 35, the subject was provided feedback of epileptiform activity in combination with 12 Hz activity. The combined effect of these two treatment variables was to reduce the trial-to-trial variance in the dependent variables of interest.
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