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Effect of Rocking Movements on Respiration
For centuries, rocking has been used to promote sleep in babies or toddlers. Recent research suggested that relaxation could play a role in facilitating the transition from waking to sleep during rocking. Breathing techniques are often used to promote relaxation. However, studies investigating head...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4783003/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26954500 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150581 |
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author | Omlin, Ximena Crivelli, Francesco Heinicke, Lorenz Zaunseder, Sebastian Achermann, Peter Riener, Robert |
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description | For centuries, rocking has been used to promote sleep in babies or toddlers. Recent research suggested that relaxation could play a role in facilitating the transition from waking to sleep during rocking. Breathing techniques are often used to promote relaxation. However, studies investigating head motions and body rotations showed that vestibular stimulation might elicit a vestibulo-respiratory response, leading to an increase in respiration frequency. An increase in respiration frequency would not be considered to promote relaxation in the first place. On the other hand, a coordination of respiration to rhythmic vestibular stimulation has been observed. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effect of different movement frequencies and amplitudes on respiration frequency. Furthermore, we tested whether subjects adapt their respiration to movement frequencies below their spontaneous respiration frequency at rest, which could be beneficial for relaxation. Twenty-one healthy subjects (24–42 years, 12 males) were investigated using an actuated bed, moving along a lateral translation. Following movement frequencies were applied: +30%, +15%, -15%, and -30% of subjects’ rest respiration frequency during baseline (no movement). Furthermore, two different movement amplitudes were tested (Amplitudes: 15 cm, 7.5 cm; movement frequency: 0.3 Hz). In addition, five subjects (25–28 years, 2 males) were stimulated with their individual rest respiration frequency. Rocking movements along a lateral translation caused a vestibulo-respiratory adaptation leading to an increase in respiration frequency. The increase was independent of the applied movement frequencies or amplitudes but did not occur when stimulating with subjects’ rest respiration frequency. Furthermore, no synchronization of the respiration frequency to the movement frequency was observed. In particular, subjects did not lower their respiration frequency below their resting frequency. Hence, it was not feasible to influence respiration in a manner that might be considered beneficial for relaxation. |
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spelling | pubmed-47830032016-03-23 Effect of Rocking Movements on Respiration Omlin, Ximena Crivelli, Francesco Heinicke, Lorenz Zaunseder, Sebastian Achermann, Peter Riener, Robert PLoS One Research Article For centuries, rocking has been used to promote sleep in babies or toddlers. Recent research suggested that relaxation could play a role in facilitating the transition from waking to sleep during rocking. Breathing techniques are often used to promote relaxation. However, studies investigating head motions and body rotations showed that vestibular stimulation might elicit a vestibulo-respiratory response, leading to an increase in respiration frequency. An increase in respiration frequency would not be considered to promote relaxation in the first place. On the other hand, a coordination of respiration to rhythmic vestibular stimulation has been observed. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effect of different movement frequencies and amplitudes on respiration frequency. Furthermore, we tested whether subjects adapt their respiration to movement frequencies below their spontaneous respiration frequency at rest, which could be beneficial for relaxation. Twenty-one healthy subjects (24–42 years, 12 males) were investigated using an actuated bed, moving along a lateral translation. Following movement frequencies were applied: +30%, +15%, -15%, and -30% of subjects’ rest respiration frequency during baseline (no movement). Furthermore, two different movement amplitudes were tested (Amplitudes: 15 cm, 7.5 cm; movement frequency: 0.3 Hz). In addition, five subjects (25–28 years, 2 males) were stimulated with their individual rest respiration frequency. Rocking movements along a lateral translation caused a vestibulo-respiratory adaptation leading to an increase in respiration frequency. The increase was independent of the applied movement frequencies or amplitudes but did not occur when stimulating with subjects’ rest respiration frequency. Furthermore, no synchronization of the respiration frequency to the movement frequency was observed. In particular, subjects did not lower their respiration frequency below their resting frequency. Hence, it was not feasible to influence respiration in a manner that might be considered beneficial for relaxation. Public Library of Science 2016-03-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4783003/ /pubmed/26954500 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150581 Text en © 2016 Omlin et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Omlin, Ximena Crivelli, Francesco Heinicke, Lorenz Zaunseder, Sebastian Achermann, Peter Riener, Robert Effect of Rocking Movements on Respiration |
title | Effect of Rocking Movements on Respiration |
title_full | Effect of Rocking Movements on Respiration |
title_fullStr | Effect of Rocking Movements on Respiration |
title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Rocking Movements on Respiration |
title_short | Effect of Rocking Movements on Respiration |
title_sort | effect of rocking movements on respiration |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4783003/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26954500 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150581 |
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