Braud L W
Biofeedback Self Regul. 1978 Mar;3(1):69-89. doi: 10.1007/BF00998565.
Hyperactive children (N = 15) and nonhyperactive children (N = 15) were compared. Hyperactive children were found to possess significantly higher (p less than .002) muscular tension levels and, in addition, presented more behavioral problems and had lower test scores. Both electromyographic (EMG) biofeedback and progressive relaxation exercises were successful in the significant reduction of muscular tension, hyperactivity, distractability, irritability, impulsivity, explosiveness, aggressivity, and emotionality in hyperactive children. The greatest improvement was seen in the area of "emotionality-aggression" (irritability, explosiveness, impulsivity, low frustration tolerance, aggresion). No differences were seen in the EMG improvement of drug and nondrug hyperactive children; both made progress under these self-control techniques. However, nondrug children made greater improvements in the behavioral area. Both EMG biofeedback and progressive relaxation resulted in improvements on the test scores of hyperactive subjects (Bender-Gestalt, Visual Sequential Memory, Digit Span, Coding). The therapy would appear to be improved by the inclusion of mental relaxation, concentration, meditation, and mind-blanking exercises for mental control.
对多动儿童（N = 15）和非多动儿童（N = 15）进行了比较。发现多动儿童的肌肉紧张水平显著更高（p < .002），此外，还存在更多行为问题且测试分数更低。肌电图（EMG）生物反馈和渐进性放松练习均成功显著降低了多动儿童的肌肉紧张、多动、注意力分散、易怒、冲动、爆发性、攻击性和情绪性。在“情绪 - 攻击”方面（易怒、爆发性、冲动、低挫折容忍度、攻击性）改善最为明显。药物治疗和非药物治疗的多动儿童在EMG改善方面没有差异；在这些自我控制技术下两者都取得了进展。然而，非药物治疗的儿童在行为方面改善更大。EMG生物反馈和渐进性放松都使多动受试者的测试分数（本德尔格式塔测验、视觉序列记忆、数字广度、编码）得到了提高。通过纳入用于心理控制的心理放松、专注、冥想和放空练习，该疗法似乎会得到改善。
