The Psychology and Physiology of Breathing

Fried, Robert; Grimaldi, Joseph

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“…[26][27][28] Such breathing forms the most integral core of any yoga practice. 29,30 Yoga practice involves the combination of physical postures (asanas), breathing (pranayama), and deep relaxation (savasana). Two uncontrolled studies of yoga interventions found reductions in hot flashes.…”

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A Pilot Study of Integral Yoga for Menopausal Hot Flashes

AvisNancy

LegaultClaudine

RussellGregory

et al. 2014

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

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Objective-To obtain preliminary data on the efficacy of yoga for reducing self-reported menopausal hot flashes in a randomized study including an attention control group.Methods-We randomized 54 women late perimenopausal (2-12 months of amenorrhea) and postmenopausal women (12 or more months of amenorrhea), aged 45-58 years, with at least 4 hot flashes per day on average, for at least 4 weeks, to one of three groups: yoga, health and wellness education (HW) classes, and a wait list (WL) control group. Yoga and HW classes consisted of weekly 90 minute classes for 10 weeks. All women completed daily hot flash diaries throughout the trial (10 weeks) to track frequency and severity of hot flashes. The mean hot flash index score is based on the number of mild, moderate, severe and very severe hot flashes.Results-Hot flash frequency declined significantly over time for all three groups with the strongest decline during the first week. There was no overall significant difference in hot flash frequency decrease over time by treatment groups, but the yoga and HW groups followed similar patterns and both showed greater decreases than the WL group. By week 10, women in the yoga group reported a decrease of approximately 66% in hot flash frequency, 63% in HW, and 36% in the WL group. The hot flash index showed a similar pattern. Conclusions-Resultssuggest that yoga can serve as a behavioral option for reducing hot flashes, but they also suggest that yoga may not offer any advantage over other types of interventions.Keywords vasomotor symptoms; yoga; hot flashes; menopause Hot flashes and/or night sweats (vasomotor symptoms) are the most common and troubling symptoms associated with menopause and are experienced by 64% to 80% of women undergoing natural menopause and almost all women who undergo surgical menopause. [1][2][3] For many women, these symptoms are frequent and severe enough to become debilitating and impact their quality of life. [4][5][6][7][8][9][10] Hot flashes are one of the chief menopausal complaints Direct Correspondence to: Nancy E. Avis, PhD, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC 27157, navis@wakehealth.edu The objective of the current study was to obtain preliminary data on the efficacy of yoga for reducing self-reported menopausal hot flashes in a randomized study that included an attention control group and measured daily hot flashes. Attention control groups are important to help understand the true impact of an active intervention. We hypothesized that women participating in a yoga intervention would achieve a greater reduction in subjective hot flash frequency and severity than women in an educational control group or a waitlist control group. As a pilot study, we also sought to examine the effect of yoga on selfreported hot flash interference, sleep, anxiety, depressive symptoms, perceived stress, and quality of life; and to track the recruitment, retention, and adherence to the protocol. METHODS Study Desig...

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A Pilot Study of Integral Yoga for Menopausal Hot Flashes

AvisNancy

LegaultClaudine

RussellGregory

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The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

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“…This may cause a decrease in blood pressure. Relaxed breathing, if biologically adequate, increases PetCO 2 (Fried, 1993). As PetCO 2 increases while blood pressure decreases and heart rate decreases, we are observing a consistent physiological process, corresponding to a possible health promoting effect of the deep breathing procedure in the test.…”

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“…The lowering of SBP and DBP during deep breathing is an interesting finding. It is known (Fried, 1993) that an increase in PetCO 2 results in cardiovascular dilatation. This may cause a decrease in blood pressure.…”

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“…Commonly accepted values for PetCO 2 are 4.7-5.3% (according to Gardner, 1994) and for SaO 2 96-98% (Fried, 1993). In this epidemiologically based study no reference interval was taken for granted.…”

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“…It is well known that functioning of the autonomic nervous system is crucial for human functioning and health. For instance, Fried (1993), Nixon (1994) and von Schéele and von Schéele (1999) have highlighted the importance of including breathing physiology as an important factor in the analysis of stress-related dysfunction and health. Individuals with normal physiological breathing patterns, which are reflected in "healthy" levels and variations, are less likely to suffer from long-lasting adverse psychophysiological reactions (Fried, 1993).…”

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The relationship between psychosocial factors and psychophysiological reactions to a situation including stressors and relaxation in a working population was examined. A sample of 115 working men and women aged 26-65 was used. Each participant was examined at baseline, during deep breathing, experimentally induced stress and relaxation. Heart rate, exhalation carbon dioxide, oxygen saturation and blood pressure were monitored. Significant variations across experimental conditions were observed for all physiological variables. There was a pronounced lowering of blood pressure during deep breathing. Women showed significantly more pronounced physiological variation than men. Participants with low education reacted with significantly more systolic blood pressure elevation during the stressful conditions than others. The implication of the results for therapeutic and preventive exercises with deep breathing are discussed.

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