The effects of heart rate variability biofeedback in patients with preterm labour

Applied Psychophysiology Biofeedback

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-35

  Siepmann, Martin ^a,b   Hennig, Una Dorothea ^b   Siepmann, Timo ^b   Nitzsche, Katharina ^a   Mück Weymann, Michael ^a   Petrowski, Katja ^a   Weidner, Kerstin ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic stress; Gynecology; Heart rate variability biofeedback; Obstetrics; Preterm labour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOMETRICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899450086     PISSN: 10900586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10484-013-9238-1     Document Type: Article

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