Open AccessAutonomic tone and baroreflex sensitivity during 70° head-up tilt in yoga practitioners
Author(s) -
Boligarla Anasuya,
K K Deepak,
Ashok Kumar Jaryal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of yoga/international journal of yoga
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2231-2714
pISSN - 0973-6131
DOI - 10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_29_20
Subject(s) - baroreflex , heart rate variability , medicine , autonomic function , efferent , blood pressure , orthostatic vital signs , autonomic nervous system , heart rate , orthostatic intolerance , vagal tone , physical therapy , audiology , cardiology , afferent
The intervention of yoga was shown to improve the autonomic conditioning in humans evident from the enhancement of parasympathetic activity and baroreflex sensitivity (BRS). From the documented health benefits of yoga, we hypothesized that the experience of yoga may result in adaptation to the orthostatic stress due to enhanced BRS.