April 4, 2007Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative MedicineOpen Access

Variation Analysis of Sphygmogram to Assess Cardiovascular System under Meditation

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Why the study?

Does Zen meditation improve blood pressure waveform parameters compared to a control group?

Population

Zen-meditation practitioners and a control group

Comparison

Zen meditation vs Control group

Design

Cohort

Authors

CLChuanyi LiuLanzhou University CWChing-Chuan WeiChaoyang University of Technology PLPei-Chen LoNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Associated with improved BP waveform indices post-Zen meditation; leaves open causal cardiovascular benefits pending randomized trials.

Structured PICO

Does Zen meditation improve blood pressure waveform parameters compared to a control group?

Population

Zen-meditation practitioners and a control group

Intervention

Zen meditation

Comparator

Control group

Outcome

Changes in blood pressure waveform (BPW) parameters (h(1)/t(1), h(3)/h(1), h(4)/h(1), and h(5)/h(1))surrogate

Zen meditation may effectively improve relevant characteristics of the cardiovascular system, such as arterial elasticity and peripheral resistance, as measured by blood pressure waveforms.

Cite This Study

Liu et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6fa1e0ac440176ef284c8e https://doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nem065

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Variation Analysis of Sphygmogram to Assess Cardiovascular System under Meditation

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

Variation Analysis of Sphygmogram to Assess Cardiovascular System under Meditation

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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