Cardiac rhythm effects of .125-hz paced breathing through a resistive load: implications for paced breathing therapy and the polyvagal theory

Biofeedback and Self-Regulation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-147

  Sargunaraj, Deepa ^a   Lehrer, Paul M ^a   Hochron, Stuart M ^a   Rausch, Lawrence ^a   Edelberg, Robert ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow resistive breathing; Homeostasis; Paced breathing; Parasympathetic system; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia; Vagal tone

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; FEMALE; HEART; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; VAGUS NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATION; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0030159195     PISSN: 03633586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02284692     Document Type: Article

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