Setting the Balance: Using Biofeedback and Neurofeedback with Gymnasts

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsay Shaw ◽  
Leonard Zaichkowsky ◽  
Vietta Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Heart Rate Variability ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Division I ◽  
Increase Heart Rate ◽  
Neurofeedback Training ◽  
Balance Beam ◽  
Video Assessment ◽  
Uncontrolled Study ◽  
Sensorimotor Rhythm

The present paper evaluated the efficacy of a biofeedback/neurofeedback training program to create an optimal preperformance state to improve gymnasts’ balance beam performance in competition. Training to increase heart rate variability (HRV) and sensorimotor rhythm while inhibiting theta was provided to 11 Division I gymnasts in 10 15-min sessions. Results of this uncontrolled study indicated that competition scores and scores from an independently judged video assessment improved throughout the training, beta decreased from preto postassessment, and there were no changes in HRV, sensorimotor rhythm, or theta. The withdrawal of training resulted in a decline of competition scores.

Getting off the Bench: EEG and HRV Differences Between Starters and Nonstarters

Biofeedback ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsay Shaw ◽  
Vietta Wilson ◽  
Stephanie Nihon
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Heart Rate Variability ◽  
Biofeedback Training ◽  
Division I ◽  
Eeg Biofeedback ◽  
Neurofeedback Training ◽  
Brain Waves ◽  
Performance Domains ◽  
Lower Ratio ◽  
Insight Into

There is a strong interest in what separates top-level performers from those who have yet to achieve the same level, across all performance domains. Advances in psychophysiology give insight into where these differences may lie in the minds and bodies of athletes. The present study compared gymnasts who were selected for the competitive lineup to those who were considered part of the Division I gymnastics beam squad but did not compete. This study compared their initial baselines, their response to heart rate variability and neurofeedback training, and their posttraining levels. Baseline differences existed for self-perception of consistency and confidence. There were no pre or post differences in heart rate variability measures. Sensorimotor rhythm electroencephalography (EEG) biofeedback training was associated with a decline in busy brain waves for the competitors. The competitors also had a lower ratio of intensity (intensity/high alpha) in both the pre- and post-EEG measures.

scholarly journals A Pragmatic Controlled Trial of Forest Bathing Compared with Compassionate Mind Training in the UK: Impacts on Self-Reported Wellbeing and Heart Rate Variability

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1380
Author(s):  
Kirsten McEwan ◽  
David Giles ◽  
Fiona J. Clarke ◽  
Yasu Kotera ◽  
Gary Evans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Heart Rate Variability ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Increase Heart Rate ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Forest Bathing ◽  
Mind Training

Forest Bathing, where individuals use mindfulness to engage with nature, has been reported to increase heart rate variability and benefit wellbeing. To date, most Forest Bathing studies have been conducted in Asia. Accordingly, this paper reports the first pragmatic controlled trial of Forest Bathing in the United Kingdom, comparing Forest Bathing with a control comprising an established wellbeing intervention also known to increase heart rate variability called Compassionate Mind Training. Sixty-one university staff and students (50 females, 11 males) were allocated to (i) Forest Bathing, (ii) Compassionate Mind Training or (iii) Forest Bathing combined with Compassionate Mind Training. Wellbeing and heart rate variability were measured at baseline, post-intervention and three-months follow-up. There were improvements in positive emotions, mood disturbance, rumination, nature connection and compassion and 57% of participants showed an increase in heart rate variability. There were no significant differences between conditions, showing that Forest Bathing had equivalence with an established wellbeing intervention. The findings will help healthcare providers and policy makers to understand the effects of Forest Bathing and implement it as a feasible social prescription to improve wellbeing. Future research needs to involve clinical populations and to assess the effects of Forest Bathing in a fully powered randomised controlled trial.

Personalizing alpha neurofeedback training influence on cognition and heart rate variability

2012 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 417
Author(s):  
M.V. Skoraya ◽  
N.V. Balios ◽  
K.B. Muravlyova ◽  
D. Vernon ◽  
O.M. Bazanova
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Heart Rate Variability ◽  
Neurofeedback Training

scholarly journals The Effects of Heart Rate Variability Training on Sensorimotor Rhythm: A Pilot Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Reid ◽  
Stephanie Nihon ◽  
Lynda Thompson ◽  
Michael Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Heart Rate Variability ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Sensorimotor Rhythm

scholarly journals EEG-heart rate connectivity changes after sensorimotor rhythm neurofeedback training: Ancillary study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guzmán Alba ◽  
Juan L. Terrasa ◽  
Jaime Vila ◽  
Pedro Montoya ◽  
Miguel A. Muñoz
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Neurofeedback Training ◽  
Ancillary Study ◽  
Sensorimotor Rhythm

A personalized paced-breathing intervention to increase heart rate variability among individuals with first-episode psychosis following stress exposure

2015 ◽  
Vol 169 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 496-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas J.K. Breitborde ◽  
David Dawley ◽  
Emily K. Bell ◽  
John R. Vanuk ◽  
John J.B. Allen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Heart Rate Variability ◽  
First Episode Psychosis ◽  
Increase Heart Rate ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Stress Exposure ◽  
Paced Breathing ◽  
Episode Psychosis
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