Why the study?
Does Qi-training improve heart rate variability and autonomic nervous function in healthy young subjects?
Does Qi-training improve heart rate variability and autonomic nervous function in healthy young subjects?
Qi-training may serve as a non-pharmacological cardio-protective maneuver by increasing cardiac parasympathetic tone and stabilizing the autonomic nervous system.
May support autonomic modulation in healthy youth; cross-sectional data leave causal effects and clinical adoption open.
This study investigates changes in autonomic nervous function through Qi-training. The power spectrum of heart rate variability (HRV) was examined in 20 sedentary healthy subjects and 20 Qi-trainees. It was found that Qi-training in healthy young subjects during controlled respiration increases the high frequency (HF) power and decreases the low frequency/high frequency (LF/HF) power ratio of HRV. These results support the hypothesis that Qi-training increases cardiac parasympathetic tone. In addition, Qi-trainees were found to have higher parasympathetic heart modulation compared with their age-matched, sedentary counterparts. This augmented HRV in Qi-trainees provides further support for long-term Qi-training as a possible non-pharmacological cardio-protective maneuver. In conclusion, Qi-training may stabilize the autonomic nervous system by modulating the parasympathetic nervous system.
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