Resonant Frequency Biofeedback Training to Increase Cardiac Variability: Rationale and Manual for Training Export

@article{citeulike:5630520, abstract = {Heart rate and blood pressure, as well as other physiological systems, among healthy people, show a complex pattern of variability, characterized by multifrequency oscillations. There is evidence that these oscillations reflect the activity of homeostatic reflexes. Biofeedback training to increase the amplitude of respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) maximally increases the amplitude of heart rate oscillations only at approximately 0.1 Hz. To perform this task people slow their breathing to this rate to a point where resonance occurs between respiratory-induced oscillations (RSA) and oscillations that naturally occur at this rate, probably triggered in part by baroreflex activity. We hypothesize that this type of biofeedback exercises the baroreflexes, and renders them more efficient. A manual is presented for carrying out this method. Supporting data are provided in Lehrer, Smetankin, and Potapova (2000) in this issue.}, author = {Lehrer, Paul M. and Vaschillo, Evgeny and Vaschillo, Bronya}, citeulike-article-id = {5630520}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1009554825745}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/mj5141g1637t1859}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1023/A:1009554825745}, journal = {Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback}, keywords = {biofeedback, treatment}, month = {September}, number = {3}, pages = {177--191}, posted-at = {2009-08-24 12:21:52}, priority = {4}, title = {Resonant Frequency Biofeedback Training to Increase Cardiac Variability: Rationale and Manual for Training}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1009554825745}, volume = {25}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5630520 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5630520 N2 - Heart rate and blood pressure, as well as other physiological systems, among healthy people, show a complex pattern of variability, characterized by multifrequency oscillations. There is evidence that these oscillations reflect the activity of homeostatic reflexes. Biofeedback training to increase the amplitude of respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) maximally increases the amplitude of heart rate oscillations only at approximately 0.1 Hz. To perform this task people slow their breathing to this rate to a point where resonance occurs between respiratory-induced oscillations (RSA) and oscillations that naturally occur at this rate, probably triggered in part by baroreflex activity. We hypothesize that this type of biofeedback exercises the baroreflexes, and renders them more efficient. A manual is presented for carrying out this method. Supporting data are provided in Lehrer, Smetankin, and Potapova (2000) in this issue. IS - 3 JF - Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback EP - 191 TI - Resonant Frequency Biofeedback Training to Increase Cardiac Variability: Rationale and Manual for Training VL - 25 SP - 177 KW - biofeedback KW - treatment AU - Lehrer, Paul AU - Vaschillo, Evgeny AU - Vaschillo, Bronya PY - 2000/09/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1009554825745 ER -