Clinical trials: Biofeedback
Breast Cancer, Shoulder Dysfunction
Effectiveness of a Visual Biofeedback Program Versus Conventional Physiotherapy on Shoulder Mobility, Strength, and Function in Women After Breast Cancer Surgery
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a physiotherapy program incorporating visual biofeedback compared to a conventional physiotherapy program in improving shoulder function in women following breast cancer surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT07542106
- Testing
- Experimental Group: Physiotherapy + Visual Biofeedback
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Extremadura
Osteoarthritis, Knee, Mobility Limitation
Effects of Improved Calf Muscle Function on Gait, Balance and Joint Loading in Older Adults
This study investigates the role of calf muscle function in gait performance, balance and knee joint loading. Previous studies have linked age-related loss of calf muscle function with impairments in gait performance and balance…
- Conditions
- Osteoarthritis, Knee, Mobility Limitation, Accidental Fall
- Trial name
- NCT03921801
- Testing
- Gait retraining, Gait retraining + strength training
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Eastern Finland
Fecal Incontinence
Effect of Anorectal Biofeedback on Encopresis in School Aged Girls After Sexual Assault
Females who have been sexually abused anally, have a disturbed anorectal motility. They have an increased resting pressure at the lower part of the anal canal.
- Trial name
- NCT04652024
- Testing
- Anorectal manometry
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Badr University
Smoking, Cigarette, Smoking Cessation
A Cognitive Behavioral Stress Intervention for Women Who Smoke
1. PURPOSE OF THE STUDY 1.1 Justification The purpose of the project is to examine the effect of breathing biofeedback and thoughts about stress on performance under stress and cigarette cravings.
- Conditions
- Smoking, Cigarette, Smoking Cessation, Stress, Stress, Emotional
- Trial name
- NCT03077945
- Testing
- heart rate variability biofeedback and cognitive reappraisal, control tasks
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Aging Problems, Coordination Impairment
Effects of Jaques-Dalcroze Eurhythmics Program on Postural Stability in Elderly Women.
This study investigated the effect of exercise using the Emil Jaques-Dalcroze's method on the postural stability of women over 65 years of age. The study model was based on a randomized controlled trial - parallel group design.
- Trial name
- NCT05015777
- Testing
- Emil Jaques-Dalcroze's Eurhythimcs Exercise Program
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 71 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Poznan University of Physical Education
Stress
A Study for Evaluating the SCIO Biofeedback Device's Ability to Increase Body Wellness After One 45-minute Session
The objective of the study is to determine if one 45-minute treatment with the SCIO (Scientific Consciousness Interface Operations System) biofeedback device would show a change, and hopefully an improvement, on a person's Body…
- Trial name
- NCT01130454
- Testing
- Universal Electrophysiological Biofeedback Treatment
- Where
- 4 sites in United States, France and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 151 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maitreya Kft.
Pain, Anxiety
Evaluation of a Biofeedback Tool to Minimize Procedural Pain and Anxiety in Children
Belly breathing is a popular relaxation technique used to reduce anxiety and pain in children during medical procedures. The investigators have developed a biofeedback game that will help teach children how to belly breathe in an…
- Trial name
- NCT02784301
- Testing
- Belly breathing with biofeedback app, Belly breathing without biofeedback app, Belly breathing + visual distraction
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- British Columbia Children's Hospital
Writing Learning Disability
Biomechanical Assessment and Biofeedback-training System for Handwriting
The purpose of this study is to investigate the real-time kinetics of handwriting regarding the design of the utensil and fine motor performances from biomechanical perspectives. It includes three parts.
- Trial name
- NCT03822702
- Testing
- Biofeedback Training, Motor Training
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 125 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cheng-Kung University Hospital
Anxiety
Effect of Biofeedback Training to Reduce Anxiety
This study is planned to investigate the effectiveness of EMG, RESP, and TEMP Biofeedback Training to reduce symptoms of anxiety among the nursing students from one school, and to determine whether biofeedback training is…
- Trial name
- NCT05508919
- Testing
- Biofeedback, Writing Sessions
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Karachi
Stress, Psychological, Stress, Physiological
Effects of Relaxing Breathing Combined With Biofeedback on the Performance and Stress of Residents During HFS
The harmful effects of stress on health professionals are expressed both in terms of their health (physical or mental) and the quality of work (reduced memory capacity, deterioration in patient care).
- Conditions
- Stress, Psychological, Stress, Physiological, Performance Anxiety, Critical Incident
- Trial name
- RETROSIMU (NCT04141124)
- Testing
- breathing exercise/HRV-biofeedback, Relaxing Breathing, Control
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 156 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Claude Bernard University
Healthy Adolescents
Extended Reality Cognitive and Breathing Training With Eye Tracking for Attention and Stress Regulation in Adolescent Basketball Players
This study examines whether virtual reality (VR) technology can serve as a supplementary training tool for adolescent basketball players.
- Trial name
- XR-CogBreathe (NCT07869446)
- Testing
- Cognitive XR, Breathing XR
- Where
- 2 sites in Latvia
- Volunteers
- 81 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Riga Stradins University
PTSD
Using Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback to Improve Attention and Memory in PTSD+ Combat Veterans
This study will test the effectiveness of Heart Rate Variability (HRV) Biofeedback as a therapeutic tool in the reduction of everyday memory problems routinely experienced by combat veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder…
- Trial name
- HRVB (NCT00625105)
- Testing
- Biofeedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center
Stress
Evaluation of a Biofeedback-assisted Meditation Program as a Stress Management Tool for Hospital Nurses
The purpose of this study is to assess a novel meditation program which is biofeedback reinforced (Healing Rhythms™) as a means to improving stress management in a population of nurses practicing in the hospital setting.
- Trial name
- NCT01011790
- Testing
- Healing Rhythms™ Meditation Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Levator Ani Syndrome With Pain and/or Constipation Symptoms.
Comparison of Biofeedback vs. Botox Injection to Treat Levator Ani Syndrome
Purpose: To assess whether EMG directed biofeedback therapy or Botulinum toxin type A injection of the levator ani muscles has any effect on pain from the levator ani syndrome, and, in addition, to what extent either treatment is…
- Trial name
- NCT00564707
- Testing
- Biofeedback therapy, Botulinum Toxin Type A Injection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Cerebral Palsy
Gait Adaptation and Biofeedback for Cerebral Palsy
This research aims to evaluate walking function in children with cerebral palsy (CP). The researchers want to understand how children with CP adapt and learn new ways of moving.
- Trial name
- NCT05899153
- Testing
- Biomotum Spark: Robotic ankle resistance, Audiovisual Biofeedback, Multilevel Orthopedic Surgery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Bruxism, Sleep
OstiSense Biosensor in Bruxism Reduction - A Clinical Study
The overall objective of the clinical studies with the OstiSense biosensor tool will be to evaluate whether the use of the OstiSense biosensor tool significantly reduces the number of sleep bruxism events per night as well as the…
- Trial name
- NCT03749928
- Testing
- OstiSense biosensor - active, OstiSensor biosensor - not activated
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Stress, Carer Stress Syndrome
Self-Management Intervention: Considering Needs & Preferences of Dementia Caregivers (Caregiver Career Study)
How do varying levels of participation in selecting self-management interventions (ranging from no input into the selection to selection based on need or preference) affect health risks and physical and mental health over time in…
- Conditions
- Stress, Carer Stress Syndrome, Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease
- Trial name
- NCT04603482
- Testing
- Resourcefulness training, Biofeedback, Attention Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 328 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Case Western Reserve University
Asthma
Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback: It's Role in Asthma Therapeutics
The goal of this research study to see whether biofeedback therapy helps treat asthma, and if so, how it works. Biofeedback is a treatment method that can teach how to bodily control.
- Trial name
- BioAce (NCT02766374)
- Testing
- Heart rate variability biofeedback
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fred Wamboldt, MD
Smoking Cessation
Effect of Stress-management and Biofeedback on Craving in Smoking Abstinence: A Pilot Study
Craving is one of the most prominent reasons for relapse after smoking cessation. Mainly pharmacological aids (NRT, bupropion, varenicline) try to counter this condition.
- Trial name
- NCT01080092
- Testing
- breathing technique, behavioral strategies
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Ghent
Academic Performance, Anxiety
Mindful Minds: Mindfulness-Based Neurofeedback for Underrepresented College Students
The study examines the efficacy of a mindfulness-based neurofeedback protocol designed to improve academic performance and reduce performance anxiety in racial and ethnic minority college students.
- Trial name
- NCT06784934
- Testing
- NeuroSky Mindfulness-Based Neurofeedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Florida International University