Data to produce the results of the publication: “Reducing the Soleus Stretch Reflex with Conditioning: Exploring Game- and Impedance-based Biofeedback”

The work presents the exploration of the feasibility of two forms of biofeedback to obtain a within-session reduction of the Soleus stretch reflex with conditioning. First, we explored the feasibility of gamification and second, the feasibility of combined game- and impedance-based biofeedback. In short, we showed feasibility of EMG-, game-based biofeedback within the operant conditioning paradigm, which calls for further research on gamification of conditioning paradigms to obtain improved participant motivation and engagement, while achieving long-term conditioning effects. Contrarily, the use of impedance-, game-based biofeedback did not result in a feasible conditioning paradigm, thus the time-intensiveness and slow learning curve of the conditioning paradigm remain an open challenge.

本研究探讨了两种生物反馈（biofeedback）形式在条件化训练中实现单次会话内比目鱼肌（Soleus）牵张反射减弱的可行性。其一，我们探究了游戏化（gamification）生物反馈的可行性；其二，我们探究了游戏与基于阻抗（impedance）的生物反馈相结合方案的可行性。简而言之，我们证实了基于肌电图（EMG）的游戏化生物反馈在操作条件反射范式中的可行性，该研究呼吁针对条件化范式的游戏化开展进一步研究，以在实现长期条件化效果的同时，提升受试者的动机与参与度。与之相反，基于阻抗的游戏化生物反馈方案未能形成可行的条件化范式，因此该范式耗时冗长、学习曲线平缓的问题仍是一项尚未解决的开放性挑战。