Effects of Eurythmy Therapy in the Treatment of Essential Arterial Hypertension: A Pilot Study:

Global Advances in Health and Medicine

RonaldZerm¹ 

关键词: Anthroposophic medicine;    eurythmy therapy;    hypertension;    mindfulness-based;    blood pressure;   

DOI  :  10.7453/gahmj.2013.2.1.006

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Introduction:Although eurythmy therapy (ET) has been used in the context of anthroposophic medicine (AM) for the treatment of, among other conditions, arterial hypertension (AH) for more than 80 years, there are as yet no studies on its effectiveness on disease entity. However, it has been shown that ET can increase heart rate variability comparably to ergometer training.Objective:To determine whether a 10-week course of ET has an impact on AH and if so, to determine the strength of the effect. The impact of ET on state-autonomic regulation, self-regulation, internal coherence, and quality of life is also explored.Methods:Consecutive inclusion of 9 subjects (6 female, 3 male, mean age of 64 years, SD 8.26) with AH diagnosed by their general practitioners. Inclusion criteria: no or unchanged antihypertensive medication from 4 weeks prior to the start of the study until the end of the study. ET was carried out with weekly instruction along with a daily, home-based program for 10 weeks with specific exercise...

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