Table 4.
HRV records before and after a single session of laser meridian massage.
| Measurements | Experimental |
Control |
Adjusted difference (95% CI)b | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD | P-valuea | Mean ± SD | P-valuea | ||
| HRV | |||||
| Before | 28.54 ± 15.76 | 33.00 ± 11.69 | |||
| After | 28.62 ± 7.00 | 0.983 | 34.14 ± 6.67 | 0.670 | 1.07 (−9.71–11.84) |
| LF | |||||
| Before | 57.08 ± 25.46 | 55.57 ± 25.45 | |||
| After | 63.15 ± 16.30 | 0.164 | 54.71 ± 19.59 | 0.925 | −6.93 (−24.65–10.78) |
| HF | |||||
| Before | 42.92 ± 25.46 | 43.00 ± 26.14 | |||
| After | 36.85 ± 16.30 | 0.164 | 45.29 ± 19.59 | 0.800 | 8.36 (−9.21–25.94) |
| LF/HF | |||||
| Before | 2.55 ± 2.74 | 2.13 ± 1.69 | |||
| After | 2.29 ± 1.58 | 0.681 | 1.70 ± 1.77 | 0.455 | −0.17 (−2.14–1.80) |
Abbreviations: HRV: heart rate variability; LF: low frequency; HF: high frequency; ∗p < 0.05.
a
Repeated measures ANOVA.
b
Independent t-test was used for the statistical analysis of changes from baseline in each outcome between two groups.