ABSTRACT
The author reviews the effect of pulse-sensory training (PST) on some electrophysiological parameters of human body. Discusses the research data and an assumption about the effect of the PST on metabolic processes in the tissues. Describes some mechanisms of space and time organization of the biopotentials recorded from the biologically active points occurring on the head surface and in other parts of the body. Stresses the necessity of taking the ECG from these points.
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Cardiovascular System/physiopathology , Electric Stimulation Therapy , Galvanic Skin Response/physiology , Action Potentials , Arm , Electric Conductivity , Electrocardiography , Head , Humans , ThoraxABSTRACT
The efficiency of autogenic training (AT) was assessed by analyzing the follow-up data on the status of 110 hypertensive patients (54 in the study, and 56 patients in the control group) over six months. AT helped to improve their psychological status and achieve a higher antihypertensive effect and better hemodynamic parameters (echocardiography) with lower doses of hypotensive drugs. The effect of AT was most prominent in patients with labile hypertension. The employment of AT in hypertension characterized by recurrent crises brought about either a reduction in their frequency or their total elimination in the majority of patients.
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Autogenic Training , Hypertension/therapy , Adult , Blood Pressure , Cardiac Output , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Hypertension/psychology , Hypertension/rehabilitation , MMPI , Personality , Vascular ResistanceABSTRACT
Hematological studies of 93 patients with coronary heart disease (the main group comprised 35 subjects and 4 control groups 58 subjects) and mathematic analysis of the data obtained have demonstrated that application of impulse and sensory training leads to a number of significant alterations on the part of the peripheral blood, with these alterations being similar to those seen during the performance of physical work or mental ideas associated with this work performance.