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Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Training in Psychogenic Disorders

NCT04777825 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2024-05-28

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Summary

To study whether Heart Rate Variability (HRV) biofeedback training can improve abnormal head posture and painful symptomatology in patients with "cervical dystonia" not selected for DBS after extensive screening in a specialized unit but diagnosed " dysfunctional ".

Patients of the respiratory coherence group will receive HRV biofeedback training for 12 sessions during a 6 months-period. The hypothesis is that this kind of physiological noninvasive therapy increasing coherence respiratory, will reduce pain and patient's complain about their psychogenic abnormal head posture. Improvement of anxiety, depression and quality of life are expected.

Conditions

  • Psychogenic Dystonia

Interventions

OTHER

Heart rate variability biofeedback training (Symbiocenter)

12 sessions of thirty minutes. Patients will participate through several serious game associated with HRV biofeedback training

OTHER

psychoeducation session

Each patient will therefore be presented individually with a Powerpoint consisting of 35 slides divided into 4 sub-sections explaining in a fun and educational format the physiological model of stress, the respiratory function and its benefits, presentation of various relaxation techniques and recommendations for reading (stress management, letting go, mindfulness meditation) and other tools to help relaxation (smartphone applications).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Montpellier

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Philippe COUBES, MD, PhD · Montpellier University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-04-30
Primary Completion
2026-08-31
Completion
2026-08-31

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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