Key result
Slow breathing exercises for 4 weeks significantly decreased resting mean arterial pressure from 82.33 to 79.17 mm Hg (P<0.05) and increased HRV during quiet standing in healthy participants.
Why the study?
Does slow breathing training reduce blood pressure and improve heart rate variability in healthy subjects?
Does slow breathing training reduce blood pressure and improve heart rate variability in healthy subjects?
Absolute Event Rate: 79.17% vs 82.33%
p-value: p=<0.05
Slow breathing training for 4 weeks significantly reduces resting mean arterial pressure and increases heart rate variability during standing in healthy individuals.
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May support BP reduction via slow breathing in healthy adults; hypothesis-generating and leaves open effects in patients or RCTs.
Swarnalatha Nagarajan (2014) studied Healthy (n=8). Slow breathing exercises (6 breaths per minute) vs. Baseline (before training) was evaluated on Mean arterial pressure (MAP) (p=<0.05). Slow breathing exercises for 4 weeks significantly decreased resting mean arterial pressure from 82.33 to 79.17 mm Hg (P<0.05) and increased HRV during quiet standing in healthy participants.
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