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AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
InventorPatricia S. Cowings
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The autogenic-feedback training exercise (AFTE) method of the present invention is a combined application of physiologic and perceptual training techniques, such as autogenic therapy and biofeedback. This combined therapy approach produces a methodology that is appreciably more effective than either of the individual techniques used separately. The AFTE method enables sufficient magnitude of control necessary to significantly reduce the behavioral and physiologic reactions to severe environmental stressors. It produces learned effects that are persistent over time and are resistant to extinction and it can be administered in a short period of time. The AFTE method may be used efficiently in several applications, among which are the following: to improve pilot and crew performance during emergency flying conditions; to train people to prevent the occurrence of nausea and vomiting associated with motion and sea sickness, or morning sickness in early pregnancy; as a training method for preventing or counteracting air-sickness symptoms in high-performance military aircraft; for use as a method for cardiovascular training, as well as for multiple other autonomic responses, which may contribute to the alleviaton of space motion sickness (SMS) in astronauts and cosmonauts; training people suffering from migraine or tension headaches to control peripheral blood flow and reduce forehead and/or trapezius muscle tension; training elderly people suffering from fecal incontinence to control their sphincter muscles; training cancer patients to reduce the nauseagenic effects of chemotherapy; and training patients with chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIP).
An autogenic-feedback training exercise (AFTE) multi-parameter physiological conditioning system for training a trainee to gain better control of a plurality of the trainee's physiological responses by using two combined self-regulatory techniques, biofeedback and autogenic therapy, and to permit the trainee to voluntarily and simultaneously control the physiological responses, the system comprising in combination:
An autogenic-feedback training exercise (AFTE) multi-parameter physiological conditioning method for training a trainee, to gain better control of a plurality of the trainee's physiological responses by using two combined self-regulatory techniques, biofeedback and autogenic therapy, and to permit the trainee to voluntarily and simultaneously control the plurality of physiological responses, the method comprising:
An autogenic-feedback training exercise (AFTE) multi-parameter physiological conditioning method for training a trainee to gain better control of a plurality of the trainee's physiological responses by using two combined self-regulatory techniques, biofeedback and autogenic therapy, and to permit the trainee to voluntarily and simultaneously control the plurality of physiological responses, the method comprising:
An autogenic-feedback training exercise (AFTE) multi-parameter physiological conditioning method for training a trainee to gain better control of a plurality of the trainee's physiological responses by using two combined self-regulatory techniques, biofeedback and autogenic therapy, and to permit the trainee to voluntarily and simultaneously control the plurality of physiological responses, the method comprising:
An autogenic-feedback training exercise (AFTE) multi-parameter physiological conditioning method for training a trainee to gain better control of a plurality of the trainee's physiological responses by using two combined self-regulatory techniques, biofeedback and autogenic therapy, and to permit the trainee to voluntarily and simultaneously control the plurality of physiological responses, the method comprising:
An autogenic-feedback training exercise (AFTE) multi-parameter physiological conditioning method for training a trainee to gain better control of a plurality of the trainee's physiological responses by using two combined self-regulatory techniques, biofeedback and autogenic therapy, and to permit the trainee to voluntarily and simultaneously control the plurality of physiological responses, the method comprising:
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