| Objective:To assess the effects of relaxation training on heart rate variability (HRV) of post stroke patients accompanied with depression.Method:Fifty-nine post-stroke patients with depression were enrolled and randomly accepted relaxation training and routine physical therapy (observation group),or routine physical therapy only (control group).After one month,clinical effectiveness and HRV were analyzed on both two groups.Hamilton scale was selected to assess the extent of depression,and LF,HF,LF/HF of HRV were selected.Results:After one month of treatment,significant decrease on depression was observed in observation group as compared with pretreatment and control group after treatment (P<0.05,0.01).The HF in observation group was decreased significantly,whereas LF/HF increased significantly as compared with control group and pretreatment (P<0.01,0.05).Conclusion:Relaxation training was helpful to alleviate symptoms of depressed patients after stroke,and improve HRV so that the risk of death among stroke patients can be reduced. |
