Studies Excluded from Meta-analysis
StudyTherapies
Anderson, Basker, and Dalton, 1975Hypnotherapy
Drug (prochlorperazine [Stemetil®])
Andrasik, Blanchard, Neff, et al., 1984TBF or RLX (regular contact)
TBF or RLX (booster contact)
Andreychuk and Skriver, 1975Hypnotherapy (self-hypnosis)
TBF+RLX
BF for alpha enhancement
Blanchard, Andrasik, Appelbaum, et al., 1985TBF + RLX (home-based)
TBF + RLX (clinic-based)
Friedman and Taub, 1984Control
RLX
Hypnosis (4 treatments: high/low susceptibility with/without thermal imagery)
TBF + RLX
Gauthier, Côté, and French, 1994TBF (without home practice)
TBF (with home practice)
Holroyd, France, Cordingley, et al., 1995TBF+RLX
Drug + beh. (propranolol HCI + TBF + RLX)
Holroyd, Holm, Hursey, et al., 1988TBF + RLX (home-based)
Drug + beh. (ergotamine tartrate + compliance training) (home-based)
Ilacqua, 1994Control
Guided imagery
Guided imagery + TBF
TBF + RLX
Janssen and Neutgens, 1986RLX (AT phrases)
RLX(PMR)
Jurish, Blanchard, Andrasik, et al., 1983TBF + RLX (home-based)
TBF + RLX (clinic-based)
Lacroix, Clarke, Bock, et al., 1983RLX
TBF
EMGBF
Machado and Gómez de Machado, 1985Control
RLX
TBF + RLX
Mathew, 1981Control (abortive ergotamine + analgesics)
TBF + RLX + EMG BF
3 drug-only (propranolol, amitriptyline, propranolol + amitriptyline)
3 drug + beh. (propranolol + above BF mix, amitriptyline + above BF mix, propranolol + amitriptyline + above BF mix)
Mitchell and Mitchell, 1971 (Study 1)Control
RLX
RLX + Cog. (combined desensitization)
Mitchell and Mitchell, 1971 (Study 2)Control
RLX + Cog. (systematic desensitization)
Cog. (combined desensitization with no previous drug treatment)
Cog. (combined desensitization with previous drug treatment)
Passchier, van der Helm-Hylkema, and Orlebeke, 1985Control
Cog. + RLX
Cog. + RLX + TBF
Cog. + RLX + BVP BF
Penzien, Johnson, Carpenter, et al., 1990TBF + RLX + Cog.
Drug (propranolol [Inderal® LA])
Reading, 1984Placebo
TBF
Skin conductance BF
EMG BF
Sargent, Solbach, Coyne, et al., 1986Control
RLX
TBF
EMG BF
Sovak, Kunzel, Sternbach, et al., 1981TBF+ RLX
Drug (propranolol + analgesics)
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Abbreviations: AT = autogenic; beh. = behavioral; BF = biofeedback; BVP = blood volume pulse; cog. = cognitive; EMG = electromyographic; HCl = hydrogen chloride; PMR = progressive muscle relaxation; RLX = relaxation; TBF = thermal biofeedback

2

Home-based

3

With home practice

4

Without home practice

5

Contained EMG BF component, but classified as TBF + RLX because EMG BF component had fewer sessions

6

Minimal-therapist treatment

7

Clinic-based treatment

From: Appendix E, Therapies Included in/Excluded from Meta-Analysis

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