Alternative therapies in health and medicine
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Altern Ther Health Med · Sep 2015
Clinical TrialThe Effects of Musical Auditory Stimulation of Different Intensities on Geometric Indices of Heart Rate Variability.
Music has been proven to promote changes in cardiac autonomic modulation. However, it is not clear whether the effects of the auditory stimulation on heart rate variability (HRV) are dependent on its intensity. ⋯ Auditory stimulation with the selected baroque music did not alter cardiac autonomic modulation, but the selected, heavy metal style of music in the lower and higher intensities reduced the global component of HRV acutely.
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Altern Ther Health Med · Sep 2015
Turkish Nurses' Use of Nonpharmacological Methods for Relieving Children's Postoperative Pain.
The experience of pain is frequently observed among children undergoing surgery. Hospitalization and surgery are stressful experiences for those children. ⋯ Undergoing surgery is generally a painful experience for children. Nurses most commonly use cognitive-behavioral methods in the postoperative care of their pediatric patients after surgery.
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Altern Ther Health Med · Sep 2015
Controlled Clinical TrialOral Contraceptives Attenuate Cardiac Autonomic Responses to Musical Auditory Stimulation: Pilot Study.
The literature presents contradictory results regarding the effects of contraceptives on cardiac autonomic regulation. ⋯ Musical auditory stimulation had a greater influence on cardiac autonomic regulation in women who did not use oral contraceptives.