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Relaxation training, twenty-four-hour blood pressure reductions. 1980

W S Agras, and B Taylor, and H C Kraemer, and R A Allen, and J A Schneider

If the demonstrated effects of relaxation training on blood pressure (BP) occur only during relaxation practice, then little effect on the morbidity and mortality of exssential hypertensives would be expected. This question was addressed by inpatient monitoring of five hypertensive patients' BP for 24 hours during six experimental days, including a no-treatment baseline, three days of relaxation training, and one day of recovery. Lowering of both systolic and diastolic pressures persisted beyond the end of the training sessions. Moreover, systolic BP was significantly lower during relaxation training days than during either baseline or recovery days, a difference particularly noticeable at night when patients were sleeping. The BPs of the three patients showing the largest initial effects of training averaged 12.5/7.3 mm Hg less during nights following relaxation sessions than during nights following no treatment.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006973 Hypertension Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more. Blood Pressure, High,Blood Pressures, High,High Blood Pressure,High Blood Pressures
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D012064 Relaxation Therapy Treatment to improve one's health condition by using techniques that can reduce PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS; or both. Relaxation Techniques,Therapeutic Relaxation,Ecotherapy,Nature Therapy,Relaxation Technics,Therapy, Relaxation,Ecotherapies,Nature Therapies,Relaxation Technic,Relaxation Technique,Relaxation, Therapeutic,Technic, Relaxation,Technique, Relaxation,Techniques, Relaxation,Therapy, Nature
D001794 Blood Pressure PRESSURE of the BLOOD on the ARTERIES and other BLOOD VESSELS. Systolic Pressure,Diastolic Pressure,Pulse Pressure,Pressure, Blood,Pressure, Diastolic,Pressure, Pulse,Pressure, Systolic,Pressures, Systolic
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012964 Sodium A member of the alkali group of metals. It has the atomic symbol Na, atomic number 11, and atomic weight 23. Sodium Ion Level,Sodium-23,Ion Level, Sodium,Level, Sodium Ion,Sodium 23

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