Biofeedback assisted control of respiratory sinus arrhythmia as a biobehavioral intervention for depressive symptoms in patients after cardiac surgery: A preliminary study

Applied Psychophysiology Biofeedback

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Patron, Elisabetta ^a   Messerotti Benvenuti, Simone ^a   Favretto, Giuseppe ^b   Valfrè, Carlo ^b   Bonfà, Carlotta ^a   Gasparotto, Renata ^b   Palomba, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Motta di Livenza Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Depressive symptoms; Parasympathetic nervous system; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia; Vagal tone

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATORY RATE; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874108257     PISSN: 10900586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10484-012-9202-5     Document Type: Article

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