The effects of thermal biofeedback and autogenic training of cardiovascular reactivity: the joint USSR-USA behavioral hypertension treatment project

Cardiovascular reactivity (heart rate, systolic, and diastolic BP) to mental arithmetic and cold pressor were measured before and after treatment as part of the cross-cultural (USSR and USA) evaluation of thermal biofeedback and autogenic training (in comparison with self-relaxation) as treatments f...

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Published in:Biofeedback and Self-Regulation 1988-03, Vol.13 (1), p.25-38
Main Authors: BLANCHARD, E. B, MCCOY, G. C, MCCAFFREY, R. J, WITTROCK, D. A, MUSSO, A, BERGER, M, AIVASYAN, T. A, KHRAMELASHVILI, V. V, SALENKO, B. B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Arterial hypertension. Arterial hypotension
Autogenic Training
Biofeedback, Psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Blood and lymphatic vessels
Blood Pressure
Cardiology. Vascular system
Cold Temperature - adverse effects
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Heart Rate
Humans
Hypertension - therapy
Male
Medical sciences
Mental Processes - physiology
Middle Aged
Stress, Physiological - physiopathology
Stress, Psychological - physiopathology
United States
USSR
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Summary:Cardiovascular reactivity (heart rate, systolic, and diastolic BP) to mental arithmetic and cold pressor were measured before and after treatment as part of the cross-cultural (USSR and USA) evaluation of thermal biofeedback and autogenic training (in comparison with self-relaxation) as treatments for mild hypertension in unmedicated males. There were no statistically reliable decreases in cardiovascular reactivity from before to after treatment. However, downward shifts in basal levels of systolic and diastolic BP at post-treatment led treated patients to have lower stress-induced levels of BP.
ISSN:0363-3586
1573-3270
DOI:10.1007/BF00998877