Enhancing cardiac parasympathetic nervous activity using a posture respiration ambient biofeedback system: a pilot study
A respiration–posture feedback system was developed to control breathing involuntarily. A small air chamber placed under a subject’s back deflates and inflates to make a subject’s upper body move vertically while lying on a bed. By regulating the deflation/inflation of the air chamber in synchroniza...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Artificial life and robotics 2018-03, Vol.23 (1), p.23-27 |
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Zusammenfassung: | A respiration–posture feedback system was developed to control breathing involuntarily. A small air chamber placed under a subject’s back deflates and inflates to make a subject’s upper body move vertically while lying on a bed. By regulating the deflation/inflation of the air chamber in synchronization with actual respiration, the subject’s respiration was successfully lengthened and deepened. The modulation of the respiration acted as a physiological sedative for the subject as the heart rate variability index suggested that the subject’s parasympathetic nervous system activity was enhanced. |
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ISSN: | 1433-5298 1614-7456 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10015-017-0402-1 |