Effects of heart rate variability biofeedback therapy on patients with poststroke depression: A case study

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 128, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 2542-2545

  Li, Xin ^a   Zhang, Tong ^a   Song, Lu Ping ^a   Zhang, Yong ^b   Zhang, Gui Gang ^b   Xing, Chun Xiao ^b   Chen, Hsinchun ^b,c  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Depression; Heart rate variability; Stroke

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FUGL MEYER MOTOR ASSESSMENT; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION ASSESSMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SLEEP QUALITY; HEART RATE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84941312832     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0366-6999.164986     Document Type: Article

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