Home-Use and Portable Biofeedback Lowers Anxiety and Pain in Chronic Pain Subjects

Franklin S. Ly, Tyler Santander, Stephany Pavlov, Jiayang Zhao, Minghao Zhang, Dahyana Arroyo, Sergey Sokolovskiy, Anirudh Iyer, Yanis Yankauskas, John Chen, Michael B. Miller, Linda Petzold, Henry T. Yang, Paul K. Hansma, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, United States, Department of Psychological , Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, United States, Department of Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, United States, Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

Published online on December 13, 2023

Abstract

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In this study, we investigated the use of novel, home-use and portable biofeedback devices in a remote program for managing chronic pain. In three separate 4-week pilot studies, participants engaged in twice-daily, 10-minute biofeedback sessions, with ...