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Immediate effect of basic body awareness therapy on heart rate variability

2015; Elsevier BV; Volume: 22; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.ctcp.2015.10.003

ISSN

1873-6947

Autores

Alessandra Madia Mantovani, Cristina Elena Prado Teles Fregonesi, Roselene Modolo Regueiro Lorençoni, Nathália Ulices Savian, Mariana Romanholi Palma, Afonso Shiguemi Inoue Salgado, Luís Vicente Franco de Oliveira, Rodolfo Borges Parreira,

Tópico(s)

Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions

Resumo

To determine the immediate effect of a Basic Body Awareness Therapy (BAT) session on measures of heart rate variability (HRV) in healthy young people.13 healthy young subjects of both genders, who showed no illnesses related to the autonomic nervous system (ANS) underwent an ANS evaluation before and after conducting a session of BAT. The assessment of ANS activity was conducted through the HR with the aid of Nerve-Express(®) software. The BAT session lasted for 50 min and was performed by one investigator (blinded to the assessment procedures).After BAT session significant improvement was found in the sympathetic and parasympathetic modulation (p < 0.05), and the general estimate of heart rate variability (p < 0.04).BAT was found to be an effective, easy to apply and inexpensive therapeutic technique, able to change ANS in order to improve HR which may suggest better health conditions for participating individuals.

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