| Exaggerated heart rate oscillations during two meditation techniques. | |
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PMID: 10454297 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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We report extremely prominent heart rate oscillations associated with slow breathing during specific traditional forms of Chinese Chi and Kundalini Yoga meditation techniques in healthy young adults. We applied both spectral analysis and a novel analytic technique based on the Hilbert transform to quantify these heart rate dynamics. The amplitude of these oscillations during meditation was significantly greater than in the pre-meditation control state and also in three non-meditation control groups: i) elite athletes during sleep, ii) healthy young adults during metronomic breathing, and iii) healthy young adults during spontaneous nocturnal breathing. This finding, along with the marked variability of the beat-to-beat heart rate dynamics during such profound meditative states, challenges the notion of meditation as only an autonomically quiescent state. |
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Authors:
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C K Peng; J E Mietus; Y Liu; G Khalsa; P S Douglas; H Benson; A L Goldberger |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: International journal of cardiology Volume: 70 ISSN: 0167-5273 ISO Abbreviation: Int. J. Cardiol. Publication Date: 1999 Jul |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1999-09-28 Completed Date: 1999-09-28 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8200291 Medline TA: Int J Cardiol Country: IRELAND |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 101-7 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Margaret and H.A. Rey Laboratory for Nonlinear Dynamics in Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA. |
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Adult Autonomic Nervous System / physiology Electrocardiography, Ambulatory Female Fourier Analysis Heart Rate / physiology* Humans Male Meditation / methods* Middle Aged Qi Reference Values Yoga |
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Int J Cardiol. 2000 Apr 28;73(2):199
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