The British Journal of Psychiatry 137: 279-284 (1980)
© 1980 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
A comparison of frontalis EMG feedback training and progressive relaxation in the treatment of chronic anxiety
A Leboeuf and J Lodge
Two groups (N = 26) of patients with chronic anxiety were compared in their
response to different forms of relaxation therapy. One group received 16
sessions of frontalis EMG and the other 16 sessions of progressive
relaxation. Although EMG feedback was much superior in reducing frontalis
EMG activity this treatment was no more effective than progressive
relaxation in reducing symptoms of anxiety. Few patients in each group
showed more than marginal improvement.