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EMG—Induced Muscle Relaxation as a Treatment for Learning Disability: Efficacy yet to be Proven

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

Christopher F. Sharpley  and
H. Jane Rogers
Christopher F. Sharpley*
Affiliation:
Monash University, Victoria
H. Jane Rogers
Affiliation:
University of Massachusetts, United States of America
*
Faculty of Education, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia3168
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Abstract

Biofeedback procedures for stress reduction have been widely used in a variety of settings. While there are many reports of the successful application of EMG procedures for general tension-reduction with adults and children, little has been done concerning these procedures with children who suffer from a specific learning disability. The present paper reviews the use of EMG biofeedback with learning-disabled children and, after examining those studies performed to date concludes that the supportive conclusions drawn by previous authors can be criticised on methodological grounds, and that the issue of indirect treatment of learning disability via EMG biofeedback is open to discussion. Directions for future research are described.

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Behaviour Change , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , March 1985 , pp. 43 - 51
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Copyright © The Author(s) 1985

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