Départment de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada H3T 1J4.
Neuroscience. 2013 Feb 12;231:102-10. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.11.011. Epub 2012 Nov 29.
Biofeedback training is an efficient means to gain control over a physiological function typically considered involuntary. Accordingly, learning to self-regulate nociceptive physiological activity may improve pain control by activating endogenous modulatory processes. The aim of the present study was to assess whether trial-by-trial visual feedback of nociceptive flexion reflex (RIII-reflex) responses (an index of spinal nociception) evoked by brief painful shocks applied to the sural nerve could be beneficial to guide participants in adopting strategies aiming at modulating pain perception. In order to determine specific changes induced by biofeedback, the modulation of RIII-reflex amplitude and pain ratings was compared following instructions to increase or decrease RIII-reflex amplitude in three groups, including a biofeedback group receiving a visual signal corresponding to the RIII-reflex amplitude (valid feedback), a sham biofeedback group (similar but invalid feedback), and a control group receiving no feedback. Results indicate that participants in all three groups could gain control over RIII-reflex (p<0.001), resulting in the modulation of pain intensity (p<0.001) and pain unpleasantness (p<0.001). The biofeedback group was not significantly superior to the sham and the control groups in the modulation of RIII-reflex amplitude, pain intensity or unpleasantness. These results are consistent with the notion that RIII-reflex amplitude and pain perception can be modulated voluntarily by various cognitive strategies. However, immediate retrospective visual feedback of acute nociceptive responses presented iteratively in successive trials may not improve the efficacy of these self-regulation processes.
生物反馈训练是一种有效的手段,可以控制通常被认为是无意识的生理功能。因此,学习自我调节伤害性生理活动可能通过激活内源性调节过程来改善疼痛控制。本研究的目的是评估对腓肠反射(RIII-反射)反应的疼痛性单次刺激(脊髓伤害感受的一个指标)的逐次视觉反馈是否有助于指导参与者采用旨在调节疼痛感知的策略。为了确定生物反馈引起的特定变化,在三个组中比较了 RIII-反射幅度和疼痛评分的调制,包括接收与 RIII-反射幅度相对应的视觉信号的生物反馈组(有效反馈)、接收类似但无效反馈的假生物反馈组和接收无反馈的对照组。结果表明,所有三组的参与者都可以控制 RIII-反射(p<0.001),从而调节疼痛强度(p<0.001)和疼痛不适(p<0.001)。生物反馈组在调节 RIII-反射幅度、疼痛强度或不适方面并不优于假生物反馈组和对照组。这些结果与 RIII-反射幅度和疼痛感知可以通过各种认知策略自愿调节的观点一致。然而,在连续试验中呈现的急性伤害性反应的即时回顾性视觉反馈可能不会提高这些自我调节过程的效果。
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