The Impact of Resonance Frequency Breathing on Measures of Heart Rate Variability, Blood Pressure, and Mood

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Steffen, Patrick R ^a   Austin, Tara ^a   DeBarros, Andrea ^a   Brown, Tracy ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biofeedback; blood pressure; heart rate variability; mood; resonance frequency breathing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85052364489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00222     Document Type: Article

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