Author: Minegishi Yukiko//Watanabe Tsuyoshi//Yamaguchi Sachio//Higuchi Yuzo
Affiliation: Kokushikan University (Tokyo, Japan)//Hujisawa City Health & Medical Center (Kanagawa, Japan)//Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo, Japan)
Conference/Journal: J Intl Soc Life Info Science
Date published: 1998
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Volume ID: 16 , Issue ID: 2 , Pages: 256-257 , Word Count: 88
This study was designed to evaluate the influence on autonomic nervous activity caused by 'wujijinggong' training which is one kind of health-qigong. The subjects practiced qigong and R-R interval variability was evaluated by power spectral analysis. In the tow test groups, trained and untrained subjects, the power spectra in high frequency band (HF) during qigong decreased significantly, and the ratio of low frequency band to high frequency band (LF/HF) during qigong did not increase. These results suggested neither parasympathetic nor sympathetic nervous systems were activated during qigong.