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1
Q

Which axis is associated with acute stress?

A

SAM

2
Q

WHich axis is associated with chronic stress?

A

HPA with cortisol

3
Q

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

A

TRUE!

4
Q

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

A
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
5
Q

What is biofeedback?

A

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

6
Q

What are the 67 facets of information from biofeedback?

A
  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
7
Q

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

A

breathing
autogenics
medication
imagery

8
Q

What are 3 main advantages of biofeedback?1

A
  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
9
Q

WHat will heart activity do with increased sympathetic activity

A

1

10
Q

What is heart rate variability?

A

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

11
Q

How do EKGs differ from heart rate variability?

A

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

12
Q

Sympathetic activity is associated with ____ frequency heart rate variability

A

very low (.005-.05)

13
Q

What frequency do you want?

A

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

14
Q

What are higher HRVs associated with?

A

youth
aerobic fitness
exercise/altitude tolerance
better neurocognitive executive function

15
Q

What are two health problems where biofeedback is most effective?

A

adult headache and TMJ