Research Article
Heart Rate Variability during Auricular Acupressure at Heart Point in Healthy Volunteers: A Pilot Study
Table 3
Heart rate variability in each stage between groups.
| Stage | HRV (ms) (median (IQR 25th – 75th)) | value | Experimental group (n = 57) | Control group (n = 57) |
| T1 | 53.00 | 49.00, 57.50 | 57.00 | 51.00, 61.50 | 0.01 | T2 | 53.00 | 47.00, 55.00 | 55.00 | 50.00, 63.00 | 0.04 | T3 | 54.00 | 50.00, 58.00 | 57.00 | 50.00, 63.00 | 0.15 | T4 | 52.00 | 47.50, 55.00 | 55.00 | 48.00, 61.50 | 0.04 | T5 | 54.00 | 50.50, 59.50 | 56.00 | 51.00, 63.00 | 0.28 | T6 | 52.00 | 49.00, 57.50 | 56.00 | 50.00, 63.00 | 0.02 |
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IQR: interquartile range.
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