1990 Volume 17 Pages 15-20
Palmar hyperhidrosis due to mental sweating activity was treated with biofeedback method which was devised newly. Subjects consist of five neuroses and psychosomatic diseases suffering from excessive sweating. A biofeedback apparatus (For-Rest Model 1) which apllied capacitance-hygrometry was used. This system can record sweating volume directry and continuosly. Patients were able to moniter visually their sweating respones by watching recorder. The effects of sweating reduction was recognized on three of five patients. One case showed improvement in her hands' tremor after biofeedback training. These results suggest the possibility that this biofeedback system may be effctive for control of mental sweating, with resulting relaxation.
