How does deep breathing affect office blood pressure and pulse rate?

Hypertension Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 499-504

  Mori, Hisao ^a   Yamamoto, Hareaki ^a   Kuwashima, Masaomi ^a   Saito, Saburo ^a   Ukai, Hiroshi ^a   Hirao, Kouichi ^a   Yamauchi, Mikio ^b   Umemura, Satoshi ^c  

^a Japanese Medical and Dental Practitioners for the Improvement of Medical Care   (Japan)

^b Health Education Center Science Clinic   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

30 s rest; Deep breathing; Office blood pressure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERPNEA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTPATIENT; PULSE RATE; REST; SITTING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS' OFFICES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; REST;

EID: 23944469354     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.28.499     Document Type: Article

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