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February 11, 2013BMC Research NotesOpen Access

Increased heart rate variability but no effect on blood pressure from 8 weeks of hatha yoga – a pilot study

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Why the study?

Does an 8-week hatha yoga program with inversion postures improve blood pressure and heart rate variability in healthy individuals?

Population

12 healthy women and men

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

8 weeks

Authors

MPMarian E. PappPLPetra LindforsNSNiklas Storck

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Overview

May enhance nocturnal HRV without BP effects in healthy adults; hypothesis-generating and requires larger RCTs before clinical consideration.

Structured PICO

Does an 8-week hatha yoga program with inversion postures improve blood pressure and heart rate variability in healthy individuals?

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Population
12 healthy women and men
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Intervention
8-week hatha yoga program (60 min once a week) including inversion postures
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Outcome
Blood pressure (BP) and heart rate variability (HRV) at 8 weekssurrogate

An 8-week hatha yoga program increased nocturnal heart rate variability in healthy individuals, suggesting improved autonomic balance, but did not affect blood pressure.

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Papp et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1bb6b7ea84844e355ed877https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-6-59
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