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Does heart rate variability biofeedback improve autonomic balance in individuals with postconcussion syndrome?
Does heart rate variability biofeedback improve autonomic balance in individuals with postconcussion syndrome?
Heart rate variability biofeedback may offer therapeutic benefits for postconcussion syndrome by restoring autonomic nervous system balance.
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May support HRV biofeedback for postconcussion autonomic balance; hypothesis-generating and leaves open need for controlled trials.
Postconcussion syndrome is a devastating condition of the mind, body, and even personality. Mounting research demonstrates that heart rate variability biofeedback can help the concussed individual in three critical ways: (a) eliciting high amplitude oscillations in cardiovascular functions and thereby strengthening self-regulatory control mechanisms; (b) restoring autonomic balance; and (c) increasing the afferent impulse stream from the baroreceptors to restore balance between inhibitory and excitatory processes in the brain.
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