Does Mindfulness Improve after Heart Coherence Training in Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain and Healthy Subjects? A Pilot Study:

Global Advances in Health and Medicine

RemkoSoer¹ 

关键词: Mindfulness;    heart rate variability;    heart coherence training;    acceptance;    commitment therapy;    chronic pain;   

DOI  :  10.7453/gahmj.2015.028

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Background:Mindfulness and heart coherence training (HCT) training are applied increasingly in the treatment of patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP). Questionnaires have been developed to assess changes in mindfulness but no gold standard is available.Objective:Explore the relationship between changes in mindfulness scores and changes in heart coherence after 3 sessions of HCT in patients with CMP and in healthy subjects.Research Method/Design:Ten patients with CMP and 15 healthy subjects were trained in self-regulation with the use of HCT following a standardized stress relief program developed by the HeartMath Institute. A heart coherence-score (HC-score) was constructed with scores ranging from 0-100 with higher scores reflecting more heart rate variability (HRV) coherency. Change scores, Spearman correlation coefficients, and Wilcoxon Signed Rank test were calculated to test relationships and differences between HC-score, the Mindfulness Attention and Aware ness Scale (MAAS) and Five Facet...

【 授权许可】

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