Questioning the mechanism behind slow breathing and heart coherence training;Vraagtekens bij het werkingsmechanisme van slow-breathing en hartcoherentietraining

Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 879-888

  Houtveen, Jan H ^a   Hornsveld, H K ^a   Van Trier, J ^b   Van Doornen, L J P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Heart coherence; Heart rate variability; Non specific treatment effects; Slow breathing

Indexed keywords

BREATHING DISORDER; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; MENTAL HEALTH; REVIEW; SLOW BREATHING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; BREATHING EXERCISES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RESPIRATORY RATE;

EID: 84867787253     PISSN: 03037339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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