Effect of autogenic training on cardiac autonomic nervous activity in high-risk fire service workers for posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 439-444

  Mitani, Satoko ^a   Fujita, Masatoshi ^b   Sakamoto, Satoko ^b   Shirakawa, Taro ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Autogenic training; Autonomic nervous activity; Fire services workers; Heart rate variability; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOGENIC TRAINING; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FIRE FIGHTER; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MALE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF EVALUATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ADULT; AUTOGENIC TRAINING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIRES; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESCUE WORK; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 33646132498     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.09.005     Document Type: Article

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