Suboccipital decompression enhances heart rate variability indices of cardiac control in healthy subjects

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 92-96

  Giles, Paul D ^a   Hensel, Kendi L ^a   Pacchia, Christina F ^b   Smith, Michael L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b University of North Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DECOMPRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; SUBOCCIPITAL DECOMPRESSION;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, OSTEOPATHIC; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; REFERENCE VALUES; VAGUS NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874081529     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2011.0031     Document Type: Article

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