高血圧と呼吸制御(循環器系心身症の発生機序とその臨床4)(第16回日本精神身体医学総会)

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We studied changes in blood pressure and pulse rate during a respiratory exercise in the control as well as hypertension groups, and applied a respiratory biofeedback method to the patients with hypertension. In addition, and attempt was mede in blood pressure control by means of the breathing exercises.The results of our study were summarized as follows : 1) Patients with hypertension showed more pronounced responses to exertions such as holding of breath, deep breathing, mental calculation than the normal control group. This finding indicates the instability of the cardiovascular system in the hypertensives and, at the same tiem, suggests a possibility of blood pressure control by way of the voluntary control of respiration in such patients.2) There occurred a significant diminution of the respiratory rate and an increase in the amplitude of respiratory movement when abdominal breathing and "susokkan" were introduced. The practice of biofeedback, nevertheless, had no conspicuous effect.3) As compared with the control group, the patient group, with programmed respiratory exercises (abdominal breathing and "susokkan") exhibited a notably greater degree of hypotensive response. This fact suggests a possiblity of lowering blood pressure by respiratory exercises in hypertensive patients.
日本心身医学会の論文
1976-04-01