Title :
The Complexity of Heartbeat Dynamics during CHI and YOGA Meditation
Author :
Yunhai, Shen ; Chunhua, Bian ; Qianli, Ma
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Sci. & Eng., Nanjing Univ., Nanjing, China
Abstract :
We study the complexity of heartbeat dynamics during specific traditional forms of Chinese Chi and Kundalini Yoga meditation in healthy young adults. We applied the technique based on the algorithm of permutation entropy to heartbeat interval time series. The entropy of these oscillations during meditation was significantly less than those in the pre-meditation state. The results show, it is feasible that permutation entropy (PE) index can be used to analyze the effect of Chi and Yoga to restrain HRV.
Keywords :
biomedical measurement; cardiology; entropy; health care; medical signal processing; time series; Chinese chi meditation; heartbeat dynamics complexity; heartbeat interval time series; kundalini yoga meditation; oscillation entropy; permutation entropy; Complexity theory; Databases; Educational institutions; Entropy; Heart beat; Time series analysis; chi; complexity; heartbeat; meditation Introduction (Heading 1); yoga;
Conference_Titel :
Complexity and Data Mining (IWCDM), 2011 First International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Nanjing, Jiangsu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2007-9
DOI :
10.1109/IWCDM.2011.39
