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Heart rate variability biofeedback increases baroreflex gain and peak expiratory flowPaul M Lehrer
Department of Psychiatry Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
Psychosom Med 65:796-805. 2003..We evaluated heart rate variability biofeedback as a method for increasing vagal baroreflex gain and improving pulmonary function among 54 healthy adults...- Psychological aspects of asthmaPaul Lehrer
Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 70:691-711. 2002..Other promising psychological interventions as adjuncts to medical treatment include training in symptom perception, stress management, hypnosis, yoga, and several biofeedback procedures... - Psychosocial treatments for multiple unexplained physical symptoms: a review of the literatureLesley A Allen
Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
Psychosom Med 64:939-50. 2002..The present article reviews the literature assessing the efficacy of psychosocial treatments for polysymptomatic somatizers... - Biofeedback treatment for asthmaPaul M Lehrer
Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
Chest 126:352-61. 2004..We evaluated the effectiveness of heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback as a complementary treatment for asthma... - Thermal biofeedback for primary Raynaud's phenomenon: a review of the literatureMaria Katsamanis Karavidas
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback 31:203-16. 2006.... - Psychophysiological hypotheses regarding multiple chemical sensitivity syndromeP M Lehrer
Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway 08854, USA
Environ Health Perspect 105:479-83. 1997..Strategies for evaluating these hypotheses are described based on experimental literature on psychophysiology and psychophysics... - Cardiac data increase association between self-report and both expert ratings of task load and task performance in flight simulator tasks: An exploratory studyPaul Lehrer
UMDNJ Robert Word Johnson, Medical School, Piscataway, NJ, United States
Int J Psychophysiol 76:80-7. 2010..Replication on a larger sample is needed to confirm and extend the results... - Effects of rhythmical muscle tension at 0.1Hz on cardiovascular resonance and the baroreflexPaul Lehrer
Department of Psychiatry, UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, United States
Biol Psychol 81:24-30. 2009..Implications for resonance applications for resonance in the sympathetically mediated vascular tone baroreflex closed loop are discussed... - Psychological treatment of comorbid asthma and panic disorder: a pilot studyPaul M Lehrer
UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
J Anxiety Disord 22:671-83. 2008..Albuterol use decreased significantly in the 14-session protocol and at a borderline level I the 8-session protocol, while pulmonary function was maintained. A controlled evaluation of this procedure is warranted... - Heart rate variability biofeedback: effects of age on heart rate variability, baroreflex gain, and asthmaPaul Lehrer
Department of Psychiatry, UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 671 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
Chest 129:278-84. 2006..HRV and intervention-related changes in HRV are negatively correlated with age. Here we assess the effects of age on biofeedback effects for asthma... - Voluntarily produced increases in heart rate variability modulate autonomic effects of endotoxin induced systemic inflammation: an exploratory studyPaul Lehrer
Department of Psychiatry, UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 671 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback 35:303-15. 2010..Further evaluation of HRV BF appears to be warranted among patients with inflammatory conditions... - Resonant frequency biofeedback training to increase cardiac variability: rationale and manual for trainingP M Lehrer
Department of Psychiatry, Robert W Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback 25:177-91. 2000..A manual is presented for carrying out this method. Supporting data are provided in Lehrer, Smetankin, and Potapova (2000) in this issue... - Cognitive behavior therapy for somatization disorder: a preliminary investigationL A Allen
Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway 08854, USA
J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 32:53-62. 2001..The findings suggest that CBT might benefit patients diagnosed with somatization disorder and should be subjected to a controlled treatment trial... - A pilot study of the efficacy of heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback in patients with fibromyalgiaAfton L Hassett
Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School UMDNJ RWJMS, P O Box 19, MEB 484, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback 32:1-10. 2007..An open label trial of biofeedback training was conducted to manipulate suboptimal heart rate variability (HRV), a key marker of autonomic dysfunction... - Preliminary results of an open label study of heart rate variability biofeedback for the treatment of major depressionMaria Katsamanis Karavidas
Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ, USA
Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback 32:19-30. 2007..Decreased vagal activity and increased sympathetic arousal have been proposed as major contributors to the increased risk of cardiovascular mortality in participants with MDD, and baroreflex gain is decreased... - The effects of specific respiratory rates on heart rate and heart rate variabilityHye Sue Song
Department of Psychiatry, UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 671 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback 28:13-23. 2003..HRV amplitude decreased at 3 breaths per minute. The results are interpreted as reflecting the possible effects of the slow rate of acetylcholine metabolism and the effect of negative resonance at 3 cycles per minute... - Characteristics of resonance in heart rate variability stimulated by biofeedbackEvgeny G Vaschillo
Center of Alcohol Studies, The State University of New Jersey Rutgers, 607 Allison Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback 31:129-42. 2006..Resonant frequency remains constant across 10 sessions of biofeedback training. It appears to be related to blood volume... - Low-dose steroid alters in vivo endotoxin-induced systemic inflammation but does not influence autonomic dysfunctionSonia M Alvarez
Division of Surgical Sciences, UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Now Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA
J Endotoxin Res 13:358-68. 2007..The maintenance or restoration of autonomic balance is not influenced by glucocorticoid administration... - Influence of acute epinephrine infusion on endotoxin-induced parameters of heart rate variability: a randomized controlled trialBadar U Jan
Division of Surgical Sciences, UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Ann Surg 249:750-6. 2009..To determine whether the acute anti-inflammatory influence of epinephrine (EPI) extends to changes in heart rate variability (HRV) induced by the prototypical inflammatory stimulus, endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide [LPS])... - Defensiveness and individual response stereotypy in asthmaJonathan M Feldman
Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Psychosom Med 64:294-301. 2002..Future studies are needed to determine whether defensiveness is a risk factor for stress-induced bronchoconstriction... - Health care use and quality of life among patients with asthma and panic disorderJonathan M Feldman
Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Rousso Building, 1300 Morris Park Ave, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
J Asthma 42:179-84. 2005..These findings indicate a need to develop interventions to improve quality of life and self-management of asthma among PD patients... - Comparison of finger plethysmograph to ECG in the measurement of heart rate variabilityNicholas D Giardino
Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Psychophysiology 39:246-53. 2002..Nonetheless, further studies that include test-retest reliability assessment of both data collection techniques are warranted before a more certain determination can be made... - The predictive value of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale among patients with asthmaJonathan M Feldman
Department of Psychology, Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, USA
J Psychosom Res 53:1049-52. 2002..CONCLUSION: These data suggest that alexithymia may complicate optimal management of asthma and this relationship is best studied by examining the subscales of the TAS separately... - Psychiatric disorders and asthma outcomes among high-risk inner-city patientsJonathan M Feldman
Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
Psychosom Med 67:989-96. 2005....
Research Grants
- Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback: Its Role in Asthma TherapeuticsPaul M Lehrer; Fiscal Year: 2010....
- TREATMENT FOR COMORBID ASTHMA AND PANIC DISORDERPaul Lehrer; Fiscal Year: 2002..The principal outcome measures will be indices of high/low PD end-state functioning and improvement in asthma severity. A number of exploratory measures also will be analyzed. ..