@article{ref1,
title="Comparing focused attention meditation to meditation with mobile neurofeedback for persistent symptoms after mild-moderate traumatic brain injury: a pilot study",
journal="Brain injury",
year="2020",
author="Polich, Ginger and Gray, Sarah and Tran, Duc and Morales-Quezada, Leon and Glenn, Mel",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated whether a meditation practice incorporating mobile neurofeedback (mNF) offers any advantage over a more traditional form of focused attention (FA) meditation in managing persistent symptoms after traumatic brain injury (TBI) (clinicaltrials.gov NCT02615535).   RESEARCH DESIGN: Pilot randomized clinical trial, exploring feasibility of mNF in TBI.   METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Participants included adults with chronic mood and/or cognitive complaints following mild-moderate TBI. Subjects practiced either FA (n = 10) or mNF (n = 10) meditation 12 minutes daily for 6 weeks. Pre-post intervention difference on the Neurobehavioral Symptom Inventory (NSI) was the primary outcome variable. Secondary outcomes included the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), amongst other scales and neurocognitive tests.   MAIN OUTCOMES AND RESULTS: No significant pre-post between-group differences were found on the NSI (p =.838) nor other assessments. In an exploratory analysis combining FA and mNF data, meditation was associated with significant improvements on the NSI (p =.04), BAI (p =.012) and BDI (p =.037).   CONCLUSIONS: Meditating with neurofeedback does not appear to provide an advantage over meditating on one's own for chronic post-TBI symptoms. Further research on home-based meditation following TBI, whether self-directed or technologically facilitated, is warranted.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0269-9052",
doi="10.1080/02699052.2020.1802781",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2020.1802781"
}