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David PR Catela Author
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Yoga nidra
Registered Yoga Teacher, Yoga Alliance, 30909 Huntington Woods Parkway, Bay Village, Ohio, USA
Biography
David pr catela is working as yoga teacher,yoga alliance in huntington woods and The author has made more than 20 publications with the peer reviewed journals in the national and International Journals .he contributed valuable information to research community.
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Research Article Open Access
Effect of Spontaneous Non-Therapeutic Light Massage on Heart Rate Variability in Young Adults: A Pilot Study
Author(s): David PR Catela*, Cristiana IA Merce, Ana PL T Seabra and Marco AC Branco
Objective: To verify the effect of spontaneous, non-therapeutic, light massage on heart rate variability.
Method: Interval RR was collected on seven young adults, in baseline (1 min) and intervention (3 min) conditions, through a validated cardiofrequencimeter (Polar V800). The temporal series were treated on heart rate variability software (gHRV).
Results: During massage, heart rate slowed down, RR mean interval has augmented, SD2 has augmented, SD1/SD2 ratio significantly diminished, and Poincare plots became a more defined comet tail pattern.
Conclusion: Preliminary data suggest that even a spontaneous, non-therapeutic, light massage may afford parasympathetic activation, with potential benefits to heart functioning.
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