Exaggerated heart rate oscillations during two meditation techniques

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 101-107

  Peng, C K ^a   Mietus, Joseph E ^a   Liu, Yanhui ^a   Khalsa, Gurucharan ^a   Douglas, Pamela S ^a   Benson, Herbert ^a,b   Goldberger, Ary L ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Healthcare Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletes; Autonomic nervous system; Chi meditation; Hilbert transform; Homeostasis; Respiration; Sinus arrhythmia; Spectral analysis; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BREATHING RATE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; QI; REFERENCE VALUES; YOGA;

EID: 0033620910     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(99)00066-2     Document Type: Article

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