Clinical trials: Heart Rate Variability
Stroke, Healthy Adults
Comparison of Effects of Mirror Therapy Combined With Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation or Binaural Beats Stimulation on Cortical Excitability, Heart Rate Variability and Lower Limb Motor Function in Patients With Stroke
This study aims to compare the effects of mirror therapy combined with either neuromuscular electrical stimulation or binaural beat stimulation on post-stroke lower limb motor function recovery.
- Trial name
- NCT06011018
- Testing
- Mirror Therapy, Mirror Therapy + Electrical Stimulation, Mirror Therapy + Binaural Beat
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
Fibromyalgia
Effects of tDCS on People With Fibromyalgia
People with fibromyalgia could experience physical and cognitive impairment as well as higher dual-task cost than healthy people when two tasks are performed simultaneously.
- Trial name
- NCT05266989
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Extremadura
Heart Failure
A Multimodal Wearable Platform for Heart Failure Disease Stratification
The purpose of this study is to find out if there are any patterns in the way people's bodies react to physical activities and their voices when they have heart failure, a disease where the heart cannot function sufficiently.
- Trial name
- WEAR-HF (NCT06335264)
- Testing
- Watch HOP
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Psychological Stress
Feasibility Pilot of Remote Mindfulness Training Across Multiple Sites (REFORM Pilot)
This is an operational feasibility pilot preceding the main REFORM multi-site randomized controlled trial. Approximately 60 adults across three sites will be randomized equally to one of four remotely delivered audio-guided…
- Trial name
- REFORM Pilot (NCT07888725)
- Testing
- Formal-Heavy Audio-Guided Mindfulness Training, Balanced Audio-Guided Mindfulness Training, Informal-Heavy Audio-Guided Mindfulness Training
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute for Human Development and Potential (IHDP), Singapore
Stress
The Effect of Massage Therapy to Control Night Shift Related Stress
Background: The sympathetic and parasympathetic branches (SNS and PNS) of the autonomic nervous system (ANS), keep our body in a state of balance, which can be disturbed in situations of uncontrolled stress.
- Trial name
- NCT02247089
- Testing
- Massage Therapy, Journal reading (No massage therapy)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Healthy, Swimming
EFFECTS OF FOAM ROLLING ON HRV IN ELITE SWIMMERS
The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of foam rolling (FR) on recovery by examining selected time-domain and frequency-domain heart rate variability (HRV) parameters in elite swimmers following intensive interval sprint…
- Conditions
- Healthy, Swimming, Autonomic Nervous System Function, Recovery
- Trial name
- HRV-SWIMMING (NCT07641062)
- Testing
- Swimming+FoamRollingRecovery, SwimmingRecovery
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Uludag University
Thermogenesis by Different-dosage Ginger Flour Footbaths
Dose-Response Relationship of Ginger Flour Footbaths in Healthy Volunteers
A study to explore whether different dosages of ginger flour in footbaths cause different effects on warmth development as well as on general well-being and the autonomic nervous system.
- Trial name
- NCT04051476
- Testing
- 3-g footbath, 6-g footbath, 12-g footbath
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- ARCIM Institute Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine
Primary Dysmenorrhea, Dysmucorrhea
Effects of High-frequency Deep Diathermy on Heart Rate Variability in Women With Primary Dysmenorrhea
Superficial heat therapy is mainly used to relieve menstrual pain, but it does not penetrate deeper than the skin tissue. In order to penetrate deep into the deep layers and promote tissue relaxation, deep heat therapy can be…
- Trial name
- NCT04937270
- Testing
- High frequency therapy (5 minutes), High frequency therapy (7 minutes), High frequency therapy (9 minutes)
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sahmyook University
Heart Rate Variability, Sport
Autonomic Responses of Amateur Child Athletes to Aerobic Exercise Test
The aim of our study was to investigate the relationship between aerobic capacity, which will be revealed by aerobic exercise test, and HRV, blood pressure, heart rate and pulmonary function parameters in healthy children…
- Trial name
- NCT06549192
- Testing
- 20 meter shuttle run test
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Inonu University
Stress Related Disorder, Sophrology
WELL-being Improvement Following a SOphrology Intervention in Hospital Staff
Work stress and psychosocial risks are a major public health problem. Health-care workers (HCW) are particularly at risk. Moreover, non-HCW staff of hospitals can also be at risk, with working environment described as the main…
- Conditions
- Stress Related Disorder, Sophrology, Neurolinguistic Programming
- Trial name
- So-Well (NCT05425511)
- Testing
- sophrology / neurolinguistic programming intervention
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 103 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Heart Rate Variability, Biomarker of Stress, Stress and Anxiety
Virtual vs. Traditional CPR Training: Effects on Stress
This medical education study investigates stress levels among undergraduate medical students during basic life support (BLS) training.
- Trial name
- NCT07147322
- Testing
- Medical education, basic life support training
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oulu University Hospital
Experimental Pain
Gender, Pain, and Placebo Analgesia
The response to standard pain stimuli in males and females is investigated, together with the effect of informing participants about the effect of a painkiller. Physiological response to pain is recorded.
- Trial name
- NCT00314392
- Testing
- Information (behavior)
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 74 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital of North Norway
Stress
Stress, EEG, ECG, and Chiropractic
The Life University Center for Chiropractic Research is conducting a study to better understand the relationship between subjective stress measures and brain patterns during resting state and an auditory oddball task.
- Trial name
- BLI (NCT05245409)
- Testing
- Chiropractic adjustment using an activator
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Life University
Tobacco Smoking
Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback for Smoking Cessation
Open trial of heart rate variability biofeedback as an adjunct to individualized smoking cessation counseling (SCT) plus transdermal nicotine replacement patch (NRT) in smokers with elevated emotional distress.
- Trial name
- HRVB-SCT (NCT03972137)
- Testing
- Cognitive-Behavioral Smoking Cessation, Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback (HRVB), Transdermal Nicotine patch
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Closed Reduction Surgery for Nasal Bone Fracture
The Relationship Between the Surgery-related Anxiety and HRV: Prediction for Aggressive Emergence Behavior
Heart rate variability (HRV) is known to reflect the balance of autonomic nervous system. Anxiousness, which tend to result from the deficient action of parasympathetic nervous system, likely to show low HRV.
- Trial name
- NCT02282865
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yonsei University
Aging, Inflammation
The Role of the "Inflammatory/ Pathogen Burden" for Cardiac Ageing
In the elderly a chronic basal systemic inflammation prevails - which is evident by enhanced CRP or IL-6 plasma concentrations - and by compromised defense mechanisms against invading microbes.
- Trial name
- AntiCardAgeing (NCT01045512)
- Testing
- fluvastatin
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Digital Health Intervention, Remote Consultation, Teleconsultation
Evaluation and Implementation of Digital Health Ecosystem in Academic Health Center
Mobile health technologies, such as smartwatches, wearable sensors, and digital applications, have the potential to support healthier lifestyles and improve the management of health conditions.
- Conditions
- Digital Health Intervention, Remote Consultation, Teleconsultation, Lifestyle Factors, Stress
- Trial name
- e-IDEA (NCT07831837)
- Testing
- Integrated Digital Health Ecosystem, Usual Primary Care
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Laval University
Burnout, Burnout Syndrome
Continuous Heart Rate Variability Monitoring in Doctors; Understanding Patterns of Stress and Recovery and Their Relationship With Self-reported Resilience, Burnout and Wellbeing.
Burnout is an increasing concern in the medical professions. This study aims to utilise established, validated self-report measures combined with continuous heart rate variability measurements to better understand the stress and…
- Conditions
- Burnout, Burnout Syndrome, Occupational Stress, Stress
- Trial name
- HEART-ED (NCT06721312)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aberdeen
Rowing
Comparison of the Effects of Long-Term Rowing Training in Professional Rowers
This study aims to compare the effects of long-term rowing training on aerobic capacity, physical fitness, heart rate variability, and psychological performance in novice rowers, professional rowers, and healthy controls.
- Trial name
- NCT07752927
- Testing
- Rowing Ergometer Training for Novice Rowers, High-Performance Rowing Ergometer Training
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hacettepe University
Stress, Psychological
Comparative Intervention Study of Stress Reduction in Corporate Health Management
Aim of the study is the evaluation of the effects (psychological and physiological) of an hrv-biofeedback training, a mindfulness training and a combination of both training methods for stress reduction.
- Trial name
- NCT02709551
- Testing
- HRV_Bfb, MBI, MBI_HRV_Bfb
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- ARCIM Institute Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine