Stress and Biofeedback

Question 1

Which axis is associated with acute stress?

Answer 1

SAM

Question 2

WHich axis is associated with chronic stress?

Answer 2

HPA with cortisol

Question 3

True or false: stress is more predictive of CVD than cholesterol.

Answer 3

TRUE!

Question 4

What are some of the ways we can measure physiological stress?

Answer 4

EMG for muscle tone
temperature for peripheral blooc flow
EKG for heart rate
electrodermograph for sweat gland actiity
EEG
capnometer for end-tidal CO2
pneumograph count respiration

Question 5

What is biofeedback?

Answer 5

group of therapeutic procedures that uses electnric or electomechanical instruments to meausre, process and give feedback about a patient’s neuromuscular and autoomic activity

used to help them learn how to control their bodily processes

Question 6

What are the 67 facets of information from biofeedback?

Answer 6

1. signal rpesentaiton
2. explanation of signal
3. explanation of signal related to physiology
4. signal in relation to symptoms
5. therpist suggestions
6. info to therapist
7. inform patients of their success

Question 7

What are some strategies for relaxation that you try before biofeedback?

Answer 7

breathing
autogenics
medication
imagery

Question 8

What are 3 main advantages of biofeedback?1

Answer 8

1. real time feedback of physiological change to help with operant conidtioning
2. developing psychophysiological sefl regulation is probably unlearnable without this information
3. cost effective, safe, effectives

Question 9

WHat will heart activity do with increased sympathetic activity

Answer 9

1

Question 10

What is heart rate variability?

Answer 10

measure of the autonomic nervous ysstem that assess sympathetic and parasympathetic responses by recording inter-beat intervals

Question 11

How do EKGs differ from heart rate variability?

Answer 11

EKG just give syou the average while heart rate variability will monitor variability between EACH beat

Question 12

Sympathetic activity is associated with ____ frequency heart rate variability

Answer 12

very low (.005-.05)

Question 13

What frequency do you want?

Answer 13

low frequency - .05 - .15 (a mix of sympathetic and parasympathetic balance)

Question 14

What are higher HRVs associated with?

Answer 14

youth
aerobic fitness
exercise/altitude tolerance
better neurocognitive executive function

Question 15

What are two health problems where biofeedback is most effective?

Answer 15

adult headache and TMJ