ABSTRACT
Objective: To examine the effects of autogenic training and abdominal breathing on heart rate and finger temperature. Methods: Forty-five healthy female university students were randomly assigned to three groups:control、autogenic training and deep abdominal breathing groups, and their physiological effects were compared. Results:The result of this experiment showed that both autogenic training and abdominal breathing increased finger temperature significantly, however, the increase magnitude didn't show significant differences in two groups.During autogenic training, the heart rate of autogenic training group declined significantly,the heart rate of deep abdominal breathing group decreased significantly after deep abdominal breathing. The decrease magnitude between the three groups showed no significant differences. Conclusion: Both the present techniques can decrease heart rate and increase finger temperature.