Neurotherapy for @entity2794 following XXXX .

@entity1 @entity131 @entity73 @entity1005 @entity4351 @entity2794 @entity158 @entity10
BACKGROUND: @entity2794 following @entity131 ( @entity131 ) sustained in military service, while common, is highly challenging to treat with existing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions and may be complicated by co-morbid posttraumatic stress. Recently, a novel form of brainwave-based intervention known as the Flexyx Neurotherapy System (FNS) that involves minute pulses of electromagnetic energy stimulation of brainwave activity has been suggested as a means to address symptoms of @entity131 . This study reports on a clinical series of @entity1 with @entity2794 following service-connected @entity131 treated with FNS. METHODS: Nine veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq with moderate to severe @entity2794 following service-connected @entity131 and complicated by posttraumatic stress symptoms were treated in 20 individual FNS sessions at the Brain Wellness and Biofeedback Center of Washington (in Bethesda, Maryland, USA). They periodically completed measures including the Brief Pain Inventory-Headache (BPI-HA) past week worst and average @entity158 ratings, the @entity1005 Checklist-Military version ( @entity4351 -M), and individual treatment session numerical rating scale (NRS) for degree of @entity73 . Data analyses included beginning to end of treatment t-test comparisons for the BPI-HA, @entity4351 -M, and @entity73 NRS. RESULTS: All beginning to end of treatment t-test comparisons for the BPI-HA, @entity4351 -M, and @entity73 NRS indicated statistically significant decreases. All but one @entity1 experienced reduction in @entity10 along with reductions in posttraumatic stress and perceived @entity73 , with a subset experiencing virtual elimination of @entity10 . One @entity1 obtained modest @entity10 relief but no improvement in posttraumatic stress or @entity73 . CONCLUSIONS: FNS may be a potentially efficacious treatment for chronic @entity10 sustained in military service. Further research is needed to investigate the efficacy of FNS within a randomized, controlled clinical trial, to identify characteristics of those most likely to respond, and to explore underlying mechanisms that may contribute to improvement.
