Emerging hope: EEG neurofeedback training in TBI

Abstract

India is passing through a major socio-demographic and epidemiological transition with consequent changes in health scenario. TBI constitute significant burden on health care resources in India The impact on a person and family can be devastating. Patients with TBI experience persistent cognitive deficits, emotional changes, which contribute to the disruption of life activities. The recovery of TBI would be maximized by appropriate rehabilitation. Neurofeedback is an emerging neuroscience-based clinical application. The aim of the study was to explore the effectiveness of EEG-NFT on Cognitive, Clinical, Biochemical and electroenceplograph correlates. Sixty patients were recruited for this study after obtaining informed consent. Clinical assessment,Neuropsychological assessment. Pre-post serum cortisol was carried out. The Intervention group received neurofeedback training and the waitlist group did not receive any treatment during this phase. Patients were allocated to intervention and waitlist group at random. There were 30 patients in each group. Patients were given 20 sessions of NFT Patients were given alpha theta training. Session lasted for 40 minutes, with 5-6 sessions per week. The post-training assessment was carried out for the intervention group after 20 sessions of NFT. showed EEG-NFT in ameliorating deficits in cognitive functions, reduction in symptoms and decrease in the cortisol and improving the quality of life in patients with TBI. Improvements were corroborated by patients and significant others post NFT. The study illustrates the effectiveness of EEG NFT