 coordination and strength via a variety of different activities.
At the end of the neurofeedback sessions, she exhibited an increase in every measure except one. Anecdotal evidence by her family and friends also confirmed that she had significantly improved her coordination and strength. These results support the findings of many other studies that have shown the benefits of neurofeedback in rehabilitation TBI. However, this case is even more promising because it’s showing that neurofeedback still works many years after the injury.
- A Pilot Study of Neurofeedback for Chronic PTSDhttp://www.traumacenter.org/products/pdf_files/Pilot_Study_Neurofeedback_Chronic_PTSD_G0002.pdf
Abstract EEG Biofeedback (also known as neurofeedback) has been in use as a clinical intervention for well over 30 years; however, it has made very little impact on clinical care. One reason for this has been the difficulty in designing research to measure clinical change in the real world. While substantial evidence exists for its efficacy in treating attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, relatively little evidence exists for its utility in other disorders including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The current study represents a ”proof-of-concept” pilot for the use of neurofeedback with multiply-traumatized individuals with treatment-resistant PTSD. Participants completed 40 sessions of neurofeedback training two times per week with sensors randomly assigned (by the study coordinator, who was not blind to condition) to sensor placements of either T4-P4 or T3-T4. We found that neurofeedback signifi- cantly reduced PTSD symptoms (Davidson Trauma Scale scores averaged 69.14 at baseline to 49.26 at termination)
- The effect of neurofeedback training on PTSD symptoms of depression and attention problems among military veteranshttps://search.proquest.com/docview/193497792
This exploratory study examines what effect one may experience in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) induced symptoms of depression and diminished levels of attention after neurofeedback training (i.e., alpha-theta with bipolar uptraining). This study involves 10 military veterans suffering from PTSD induced depression and decreased levels of attention. The experiment begins with two pretests: the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (William, 1988) and the Test of Variables of Attention (T.O.V.A., Greenberg, 1996). The neurofeedback training consists of two phases. The first phase has 10 thirty-minute daily sessions of bipolar uptraining using C3-Fpz (15- 18Hz), C4-Pz (12-15Hz) and theta (4-7Hz) suppression (cf. Scott, 2000). The second phase has 20 thirty-minute daily sessions of alpha-theta training followed immediately by 10 minutes of bipolar uptraining. Following the two-phased thirty-day training, each participant is given two posttests, which are the same as the pretests. The results are analyzed for significance using the Mann-Whitney U test (Mann & Whitney, 1947). This research found significant changes in PTSD symptoms (i.e., a decrease in depression and an increase in attention) after 30 sessions of the neurofeedback training.