Biofeedback Treatment App for Pediatric Migraine: Development and Usability Study.
Objective: The objective of this study was to develop and investigate the usability of a biofeedback treatment smartphone app for adolescent migraine sufferers. Background: Biofeedback is effective in treating pediatric migraine. However, biofeedback is not widely used due to the necessity of a trai...
| Published in: | Headache: The Journal of Head & Face Pain Vol. 60; no. 5; pp. 889 - 902 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
May2020
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