The author introduces his approach for breath training and relaxation therapy. He describes a process model of relaxation practice, which individualizes interventions according to each patient’s experience of relaxation. The training is supported by seven outcome categories of training and 50 standardized instructions for the relaxation process. The author advocates a systems view of breathing ...

Humanoid robots become increasingly sophisticated, both in terms of their movement as well as their sensorial capabilities. This allows to target for more complicated problems, eventually leading to robotic systems that can perform useful tasks in every days environment. In this paper, we will give an overview on some elements we consider to be important for a movement control and planning arch...

When a person standing upright raises an arm on cue, muscles of the left and right sides of the body exhibit changes prior to and specific to the responding arm. We had standing participants perform a visual lexical decision task ("is this letter string a word?"), responding yes by raising one arm and no by raising the other arm. We recorded onset of the arm movement and onset of electromyograp...

In this workshop we will explore the multi-disciplinary research topics of whole body interaction. Generally interaction design is considered as a non-integrated collection of physical behaviour by users. However as technology advances we can integrate the behaviour of the whole body at multiple levels. In this workshop we will explore these levels and recommend some directions for future resea...

This evidence-based review summarises information on the effectiveness and safety Whole Body Vibration across a range of populations for varying purposes. It is not intended to replace clinical judgement or to be used as a clinical protocol. A reasonable attempt has been made to find and review papers relevant to the focus of this report. It does not claim to be exhaustive. This document has be...

objective: ionizing radiation produces free radicals which induce dna damage and cell death. origanum vulgare leaf extract (ovle) is a natural compound and its capability of scavenging free radicals and its antioxidant activity have been demonstrated by many researchers. in this study, using micronucleus assay, radioprotective effect of ovle against clastogenic and cytotoxic effect of gamma irr...

background: this study was planned to examine the effects of whole-body exposure to gsm-950 mhz electromagnetic fields (emfs) on acquisition and consolidation of spatial memory in rats using a water maze task. materials and methods: in experiment 1, the animals were given two blocks of five trials per day for three consecutive days in a water maze task. the interval between blocks was 4h. befor...