Enhancement of sleep stability with Tai Chi exercise in chronic heart failure: Preliminary findings using an ECG-based spectrogram method

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 527-536

  Yeh, Gloria Y ^a,b   Mietus, Joseph E ^b   Peng, Chung Kang ^b   Phillips, Russell S ^a,b   Davis, Roger B ^b   Wayne, Peter M ^a   Goldberger, Ary L ^b   Thomas, Robert J ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Heart failure; Heart rate variability; Mind body; Sleep stability

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; TAI CHI; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TAI JI;

EID: 45249105531     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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