Effects of Music Therapy on Heart Rate Variability in Elderly Patients with Cerebral Vascular Disease and Dementia

Journal of Arrhythmia

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 161-166

  Kurita, Akira ^a   Takase, Bonpei ^b   Okada, Kaoru ^c   Horiguchi, Yuji ^a   Abe, Shinya ^d   Kusama, Yoshiki ^c   Atarasi, Hirotsugu ^c  

^a Sanai Hospital   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d Kumegawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral vascular disease; Dementia; Heart rate variability; Music therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009592542     PISSN: 18804276     EISSN: 18832148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4020/jhrs.22.161     Document Type: Article

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