ArticleClinical hypertension2022
A pilot study investigating the relationship between heart rate variability and blood pressure in young adults at risk for cardiovascular disease.
Article in Clinical hypertension, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07172152 (Improving Minority Health Through Biofeedback and Stress Reduction), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Improving Minority Health Through Biofeedback and Stress Reduction
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Bio-behavioral Interventions for Cardiovascular Diseases Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review on Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback and Nutrition.Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback · 2026Pooled it
- Epigallocatechin gallate enhances sympathetic heart rate variability and decreases blood pressure in obese subjects: a randomized control trial.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Comparison of Heart Rate Variability in Thai Older Adults with Hypertension, Pre-Hypertension, and Normotension.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2024Article
- Heart Rate Variability Measurement through a Smart Wearable Device: Another Breakthrough for Personal Health Monitoring?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Acute nasal breathing lowers diastolic blood pressure and increases parasympathetic contributions to heart rate variability in young adults.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2023Article
- Cellular interplay between cardiomyocytes and non-myocytes in diabetic cardiomyopathy.Cardiovascular research · 2023Review
- Heart rate variability behavior in young men after short-term carotenoid-containing supplementation.Heliyon · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundCardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death globally with hypertension being a primary cause of premature death from this disease process. Individuals with a family history of cardiovascular disease and hypertension are at a greater risk for developing the same sequela. Autonomic cardiac control is important in the level of cardiac function. One intervention that is effective in improving cardiovascular function is heart rate variability biofeedback training. The purpose of our study was to determine the effectiveness of heart rate biofeedback training on HRV and blood pressure in individuals with a family history of cardiovascular disease.
methodsThirty-four participants (76.5% female, 22.7 ± 4.3 years) completed a baseline assessment and training using an established short-term HRV protocol followed by two weeks of at-home paced breathing employing a smartphone application. The participants were then reassessed in a biofeedback clinic.
resultsThe participants physiological measures showed a significant increase in means between pre and post intervention of SDNN (t (32) = 2.177, p =.037) and TP, (t (32) = 2.327 p = .026). Correlation noted a medium effect on diastolic blood pressure and high frequency heart rate variability, F, r = .41, n =33, p < .05. A multiple regression with all predictor variables in the model found no significance with diastolic and systolic blood pressure.
conclusionsThe findings from this pilot study demonstrated that a two-week paced breathing intervention may assist in reducing heart rate and diastolic blood pressure while improving heart rate variability.
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