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Bioengineering assessment of acupuncture, part 7: heart rate variability.
Crit Rev Biomed Eng. 2007; 35(3-4): 183-195.
Doi: 10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.v35.i3-4.10
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- In the seventh part of this review article, preliminary research on the topic of acupuncture and heart rate variability is described. Heart rate variability (HRV) refers to the beat-to-beat alterations in heart rate. Under resting conditions, the electrocardiograms of healthy people exhibit periodic variations in the percentage change in sequential chamber complexes (RR-intervals). The parameter HRV is modulated by the blood-pressure control-system, influences from the hypothalamus, and, in particular, the vagal cardiovascular center in the lower brainstem. This review article contains a short summary of scientific literature on HRV and acupuncture.
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