Clinical Trial: Three Breathing Techniques for Heart Rate Variability, Attention, Reaction Time, and Anxiety

U.S., Sept. 10 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07810595) titled 'Three Breathing Techniques for Heart Rate Variability, Attention, Reaction Time, and Anxiety' on Sept. 03.

Brief Summary: This randomized controlled trial compared the effects of Mindfulness Breathing, Box Breathing, and Nadi Shodhana Pranayama on heart rate variability, attention performance, reaction time, and anxiety in healthy adults aged 18-40 years. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three breathing intervention groups and practiced their assigned technique daily for six weeks. Primary outcomes included resting heart rate, RMSSD, and respiratory rate derived from 5-minute heart rate variability recordings. Secondar...