The effect of colored illumination on heart rate variability

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 167-173

  Schäfer, Axel ^a   Kratky, Karl W ^a,b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b INSTITUT FÜR EXPERIMENTALPHYSIK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Color therapy; Fluctuation analysis, detrended; Heart rate variability; Light therapy; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLOR; DETRENDED FLUCTUATION ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SPECTROSCOPY;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; COLOR; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745757987     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092644     Document Type: Article

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