Zazen and cardiac variability

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 812-821

  Lehrer, Paul ^a   Sasaki, Yuji ^c   Saito, Yoshihiro ^b  

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

^b Tokyo Institute of Technology   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cardiac variability; Resonance; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia; Slow breathing; Zen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA;

EID: 0032738750     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199911000-00014     Document Type: Article

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