A pilot study to assess changes in tone of the trapezius muscle between listening to a guided mindfulness-based breathing exercise, and listening to a natural sound.
Item
- Title
- A pilot study to assess changes in tone of the trapezius muscle between listening to a guided mindfulness-based breathing exercise, and listening to a natural sound.
- Title
- A pilot study to assess changes in tone of the trapezius muscle between listening to a guided mindfulness-based breathing exercise, and listening to a natural sound.
- Author(s)
- Manandhar Shambhu
- Abstract
- Objective: To compare changes in tone of the trapezius muscle between listening to a guided mindfulness-based breathing exercise and listening to a Pink noise and also to find out whether there is any change in the tone of trapezius muscle before and after the audios. Methods: A convenience sample of 30 students from the British School of Osteopathy (BSO) took part for the main pilot study. Almost half of them listened to the mindfulness breathing audio and the other half listened to the pink noise. Muscle stiffness was obtained by measuring the depth of indentation and force of applied finger pressure using photogrammetry and a flexible pressure sensor. Results: The study showed that there were no statistically significant difference in muscle tone after listening to Pink noise (p=0.16) and after mindfulness breathing (p=0.12). Similarly there was also no statistically significant difference in the change of muscle tone between pink noise and mindfulness breathing (p=0.53). Conclusions: There was no statistical evidence to prove the hypothesis that mindfulness breathing affects muscle tone so the null hypothesis could not be rejected. The lack of significant findings could have been caused by problems with the measuring equipment and some other problems encountered during the experiment. Recommendations for further research have been made.
- Abstract
- Objective: To compare changes in tone of the trapezius muscle between listening to a guided mindfulness-based breathing exercise and listening to a Pink noise and also to find out whether there is any change in the tone of trapezius muscle before and after the audios. Methods: A convenience sample of 30 students from the British School of Osteopathy (BSO) took part for the main pilot study. Almost half of them listened to the mindfulness breathing audio and the other half listened to the pink noise. Muscle stiffness was obtained by measuring the depth of indentation and force of applied finger pressure using photogrammetry and a flexible pressure sensor. Results: The study showed that there were no statistically significant difference in muscle tone after listening to Pink noise (p=0.16) and after mindfulness breathing (p=0.12). Similarly there was also no statistically significant difference in the change of muscle tone between pink noise and mindfulness breathing (p=0.53). Conclusions: There was no statistical evidence to prove the hypothesis that mindfulness breathing affects muscle tone so the null hypothesis could not be rejected. The lack of significant findings could have been caused by problems with the measuring equipment and some other problems encountered during the experiment. Recommendations for further research have been made.
- presented at
- British School of Osteopathy
- Date Accepted
- 2011
- Date Submitted
- 3.2.2012 00:00:00
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Pub-Identifier
- 15079
- Inst-Identifier
- 780
- Keywords
- Mindfulness breathing, Trapezius, Hypertonicity, ELF sensor, Stress
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
Manandhar Shambhu, “A pilot study to assess changes in tone of the trapezius muscle between listening to a guided mindfulness-based breathing exercise, and listening to a natural sound.”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed April 29, 2024, https://www.osteopathic-research.com/s/orw/item/1759