Group Changes in Cortisol and Heart Rate Variability of Children with Down Syndrome and Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder during Dog-Assisted Therapy

Dog-assisted therapy is hypothesized to lower stress in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and children with Down syndrome (DS), which may be visible on a physiological level. In this study, we measured heart rate variability (HRV) and salivary cortisol of 20 children with DS or ASD at the...

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Autores principales: Griffioen, Richard E., van Boxtel, Geert J. M., Verheggen, Theo, Enders-Slegers, Marie-Jose, Van Der Steen, Steffie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10378440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37508697
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10071200

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