Effect of Tai Chi training on baroreflex sensitivity and heart rate variability in patients with coronary heart disease

International Heart Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 238-241

  Sato, Shinji ^a   Makita, Shigeru ^b   Uchida, Ryusei ^c   Ishihara, Shunichi ^c   Masuda, Masaru ^d  

^a OSAKA SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c BUNKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Autonomic regulation; Cardiac rehabilitation; Coronary heart disease; Exercise; Vagal activity

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE;

AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAI CHI; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TAI JI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955777501     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.51.238     Document Type: Article

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