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Biofeedback in the treatment of muscle-contraction (tension) headache

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  1. Biofeedback Institute of Denver, Denver Technical Center, Building 30, 8301 E. Prentice Avenue, 80111, Englewood, Colorado

    Thomas Budzynski (Clinical Director)

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Contributing Committee Members for this report are as follows: Cynthia D. Belar, Daniel J. Cox, Jeffrey Cram, Douglas DeGood, J. Radford Lakey, Angele McGrady, Richard E. Pettifor, Pat Raynor, John Reeves, Richard Reinking, Carolyn Thompson, and Don C. Thompson.

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Budzynski, T. Biofeedback in the treatment of muscle-contraction (tension) headache. Biofeedback and Self-Regulation 3, 409–434 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00998945

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