Breathing exercises with vagal biofeedback may benefit patients with functional dyspepsia

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1054-1062

  Hjelland, Ina E ^a,d   Svebak, Sven ^b   Berstad, Arnold ^a   Flatabø, Geir ^c   Hausken, Trygve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Ulvik Neurofeedback Centre   (Norway)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Breathing exercises; Functional dyspepsia; Vagal tone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BREATHING EXERCISE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRINKING; DYSPEPSIA; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STOMACH VOLUME; TRAINING; VAGAL BIOFEEDBACK THERAPY; VAGUS TONE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); BREATHING EXERCISES; DRINKING; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 34548142630     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520701259208     Document Type: Article

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