Treatment of Rumination by Biofeedback - a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2015-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Rumination syndrome is characterized by effortless recurrent regurgitation of recently ingested food into the mouth, with consequent expulsion or re-chewing and swallowing. In a previous study the investigators showed that rumination is produced by an unperceived, somatic response to food ingestion.

After having identified the key mechanisms of rumination, the investigators developed an original EMG guided biofeedback technique with specific targets for correction, based on EMG-guided control of abdomino-thoracic muscular activity, and in a pilot study the investigators showed the potential effectivity of this treatment. The current aim is to validate this previous uncontrolled observation by a formal placebo-controlled, randomized trial.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research Institute

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Rumination syndrome

Exclusion Criteria:

• Relevant organic disease