Effects of music and essential oil inhalation on cardiac autonomic balance in healthy individuals

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-57

  Peng, Shu Ming ^a,b   Koo, Malcolm ^b   Yu, Zer Ran ^b  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NANHUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL;

ADULT; AROMATHERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CITRUS BERGAMIA; CITRUS FRUIT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART AUTOMATICITY; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC; NEBULIZATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIWAN; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; AROMATHERAPY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CITRUS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC THERAPY; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RELAXATION THERAPY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849118884     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2008.0243     Document Type: Article

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