Clinical Implications of Biofeedback

During the past several days we have had the opportunity of hearing about a large number of ways in which biofeedback methods can be used clinically. The clinician interested in applications found himself confronted with a wide range of views on the therapeutic usefulness of biofeedback. Thus Sterman and Stoyva reported mainly positive and clinically relevant results. Bernard Engel and Engel-Sittenfeld on the other hand were more cautious in their judgement of clinical relevance. Finally, Black, Surwit, Laverne Johnson and Lang came to rather negative conclusions. I got the feeling that these differing evaluations are due in part to differing areas of application but also in part to the temperament and attitude of the particular speaker.