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Does paced respiration affect the ability to control heart rate using biofeedback in human subjects?
Does paced respiration affect the ability to control heart rate using biofeedback in human subjects?
Voluntary control of heart rate using biofeedback does not depend on respiratory mediation.
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Biofeedback for heart rate control may omit paced respiration; leaves open confirmation in randomized trials.
Five human subjects were presented with a high frequency tone on each short inter‐heartbeat interval (IBI) and a low frequency tone on each long IBI. They were instructed to produce high tones in the presence of one visual stimulus and low tones in the presence of another under conditions of paced and unpaced respiration. The results indicated that control of heart rate is not dependent upon respiratory mediation.
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