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Effect of Diaphragmatic Respiration with End‐Tidal CO 2 Biofeedback on Respiration, EEG, and Seizure Frequency in Idiopathic Epilepsy a b
Author(s) -
Fried Robert,
Fox Mary Claire,
Carlton Richard M.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1990.tb22730.x
Subject(s) - hyperventilation , panic , epilepsy , respiration , anesthesia , electroencephalography , anxiety , respiratory center , ictal , biofeedback , diaphragmatic breathing , asymptomatic , respiratory rate , depression (economics) , medicine , psychology , audiology , psychiatry , heart rate , anatomy , alternative medicine , macroeconomics , pathology , blood pressure , economics
Breathing rate (RR), end-tidal percent CO2, and EEG were obtained in three groups: psychiatric referral subjects presenting with anxiety, panic phobia, depression and migraine; a group of idiopathic seizure sufferers; and a group of asymptomatic controls. Virtually all the noncontrol subjects were found to show moderate to severe hyperventilation and the accompanying EEG dysrhythmia. The seizure group subjects were taught diaphragmatic respiration with end-tidal percent CO2 biofeedback. The training normalized their respiration and altered their EEGs and seizure frequency.