Trial reportJournal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)2017
Effects of a Passive Online Software Application on Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Nervous System Balance.
Trial report in Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Response to a letter to the editor, "Impact of smartphone radiation on pregnancy: A systematic review".Heliyon · 2022Article
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- Effects of digitalized university curriculum-associated teaching on the equilibrium of autonomic neurophysiology and disposition of learners in medical school (EDUCATE-AND-LEARN): protocol for a randomized crossover study.Annals of medicine · 2021Article
- Heart rate variability among women undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment: Its predictive ability for pregnancy.PloS one · 2018Observational
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Abstract
objectiveThis study investigated whether short-term exposure to a passive online software application of purported subtle energy technology would affect heart rate variability (HRV) and associated autonomic nervous system measures.
methodsThis was a randomized, double-blinded, sham-controlled clinical trial (RCT). The study took place in a nonprofit laboratory in Emeryville, California. Twenty healthy, nonsmoking subjects (16 females), aged 40-75 years, participated. Quantum Code Technology
resultsPaired samples t-tests showed that for the Heart+ App, mean LF/HF decreased (p = 9.5 × 10
conclusionsSignificant beneficial changes in mean LF/HF, along with possible trends in mean LF and root mean square sequential difference, were observed in subjects following 35 min exposure to the Heart+ App that was working in the background on an active smartphone untouched by the subjects. This may be the first RCT to show that specific frequencies of a purported non-Hertzian type of subtle energy conveyed by software applications broadcast from personal electronic devices can be bioactive and beneficially impact autonomic nervous system balance.
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