Do-Hyeong Lee1, Hye Yoon Park1, Ul Soon Lee2, Kyung-Jun Lee1, Eun Chung Noh3, Joon Hwan Jang1, Do-Hyung Kang4. 1. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea. 2. Global Cyber University, Cheonan, Republic of Korea. 3. Interdisciplinary Program of Neuroscience, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. 4. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea; Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. Electronic address: basuare@hanmail.net.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Brain Wave Vibration (BWV) training is a simple healing practice, a kind of Mind Body Training. This study was designed to investigate the psycho-endocrine differences between BMV practitioners and naïve controls. METHODS: The experimental group included 54 individuals who had participated in BWV. The control group included 58 subjects who had not participated in formal BWV. Levels of plasma NO, reactive oxygen species (ROS), and superoxide dismutase (SOD) were measured, and the modified form of the Stress Response Inventory (SRI-MF), the Positive Affect and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) were administered. RESULTS: The BWV group demonstrated significantly higher plasma NO levels (p=0.003), and levels of ROS and SOD did not differ between the two groups. The BWV group showed lower scores in BDI (p=0.009), BAI (p=0.009) and stress level (p<0.001) and higher scores on positive affect (p=0.023) compared with the control group. NO levels were associated with increased positive affect (p = 0.024) only in BWV subjects. CONCLUSION: BWV may increase NO, a relaxation-related factor, possibly by improving emotional state.
OBJECTIVE: Brain Wave Vibration (BWV) training is a simple healing practice, a kind of Mind Body Training. This study was designed to investigate the psycho-endocrine differences between BMV practitioners and naïve controls. METHODS: The experimental group included 54 individuals who had participated in BWV. The control group included 58 subjects who had not participated in formal BWV. Levels of plasma NO, reactive oxygen species (ROS), and superoxide dismutase (SOD) were measured, and the modified form of the Stress Response Inventory (SRI-MF), the Positive Affect and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) were administered. RESULTS: The BWV group demonstrated significantly higher plasma NO levels (p=0.003), and levels of ROS and SOD did not differ between the two groups. The BWV group showed lower scores in BDI (p=0.009), BAI (p=0.009) and stress level (p<0.001) and higher scores on positive affect (p=0.023) compared with the control group. NO levels were associated with increased positive affect (p = 0.024) only in BWV subjects. CONCLUSION: BWV may increase NO, a relaxation-related factor, possibly by improving emotional state.