Twelve weeks of Slow Breathing Exercises Reduces Blood Pressure among Healthy Normotensive Subjects

2022-08-31 cardiovascular medicine Title + abstract only

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Slow breathing exercises are a key component to many mind-body practices used for stress reduction and modulation of autonomic tone, and it has been shown to reduce blood pressure acutely. Long-term effects on blood pressure and autonomic tone are not well documented. We studied 95 healthy participants (41{+/-}4 years, 76% female) who performed slow breathing exercises for 12 weeks and examined the effect of slow breathing on systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and autonomic tone....

Twelve weeks of Slow Breathing Exercises Reduces Blood Pressure among Healthy Normotensive Subjects

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