Effects of long-term dharma-chan meditation on cardiorespiratory synchronization and heart rate variability behavior

Rejuvenation Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-123

  Chang, Chih Hao ^a   Lo, Pei Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIORESPIRATORY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DHARMA CHAN MEDITATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; MEDITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876515331     PISSN: 15491684     EISSN: 15578577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/rej.2012.1363     Document Type: Article

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