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Biofeedback and Raynaud’s Diathesis

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Biofeedback and Family Practice Medicine

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During routine examinations, the health professional is likely to encounter patients who complain of cold hands. Very few patients, however, exhibit the severe vasospastic episodes characteristic of Raynaud’s diathesis. Nevertheless, some Raynaud’s patients remain unaware of the unusual nature of their symptoms until severe organic changes become apparent. Health professionals, capable of differentially diagnosing Raynaud’s diathesis during its early stages, may be able to stabilize or abolish these early symptoms using traditional medicine and biobehavioral techniques such as biofeedback.

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  1. Clinical Psychophysiology, Veteran’s Hospital, Sepulveda, California, USA

    Robert N. Grove

  2. UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Robert N. Grove

  3. Psychology Department, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

    Muriel T. Belanger

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  1. Sepulveda Veterans Administration Hospital, The School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA

    William H. Rickles

  2. Sandweiss Biofeedback Institute, Beverly Hills, California, USA

    Jack H. Sandweiss

  3. Biofeedback Institute of San Diego, San Diego, California, USA

    David W. Jacobs

  4. United States International University, San Diego, California, USA

    Robert N. Grove

  5. Sonoma State University, Rohnert, California, USA

    Eleanor Criswell

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Grove, R.N., Belanger, M.T. (1983). Biofeedback and Raynaud’s Diathesis. In: Rickles, W.H., Sandweiss, J.H., Jacobs, D.W., Grove, R.N., Criswell, E. (eds) Biofeedback and Family Practice Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1173-7_13

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