Tension Tamer: delivering meditation with objective heart rate acquisition for adherence monitoring using a smart phone platform.
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine September 11, 2012 Mathew J Gregoski, Alexey Vertegel, Aleksey Shaporev et al.
Objectives: This brief report demonstrates the proof of concept of the Tension Tamer (TT) smartphone application, which integrates photoplethysmograph capabilities with breathing awareness meditation (BAM), to reduce stress and measure heart rate and adherence. Design: Methods for objectively measuring heart rate and adherence to BAM were developed as part of a future randomized controlled...
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2011.0772 (opens in new tab)
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Meditation
Humans
Monitoring, ambulatory
Stress, psychological
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