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Experimental Investigations of Psychophysiological Basis of Headache and its Treatment Using Biofeedback

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Clinical Psychology and Medicine

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Studies using biofeedback in the treatment of headache are reviewed in the previous chapter.

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Reading, C. (1982). Experimental Investigations of Psychophysiological Basis of Headache and its Treatment Using Biofeedback. In: Main, C.J. (eds) Clinical Psychology and Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4136-9_13

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