Assessment of slow-breathing relaxation technique in acute stressful tasks using a multipurpose non-invasive beat-by-beat cardiovascular monitoring system

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 5323-5325

  Nogawa, Masamichi ^a   Yamakoshi, Takehiro ^a   Ikarashi, Akira ^a   Tanaka, Shinobu ^a   Yamakoshi, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASES; HEMODYNAMICS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CARDIOVASCULAR MONITORING SYSTEM; HEMODYNAMIC DISORDERS; HYPERTENSION;

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RELAXATION TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; BREATHING EXERCISES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RELAXATION THERAPY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57649243126     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353543     Document Type: Conference Paper

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