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The purpose of this study is to determine if two treatments, a biofeedback and behavioral protocol, for recurrent abdominal pain are equally effective.

Recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) is a functional disorder that affects approximately 10 to 25% of children in the United States. This population tends to be heavy medical users in a search of a treatment for the chronic pain, but at this time there is no standard treatment protocol. The literature proposes that there are two effective treatments for RAP, a relaxation protocol by Sanders et al. (1994) and a biofeedback protocol currently in use at Kaiser, but neither treatment has been widely accepted as standard treatment. A purpose of this study is to gather more data on both treatments to help move one or both treatments into the standard of care for RAP. The hypothesis of this study is that the biofeedback and the relaxation protocols will have equivalent treatment outcomes.

Inclusion Criteria:

• who speak English
• diagnosis with Recurrent abdominal pain

Exclusion Criteria:

• lactose intolerance, urinary tract infections, or recent head trauma;
• the use of prescribed or over he counter medications, which may interfere with the biofeedback data;
• currently receiving other treatment for recurrent abdominal pain;
• the receipt of a recent and related surgical procedure;
• children who met criteria for depression or anxiety disorder