Peer Reviewed Research: Effects of 3-Month Qigong Exercise on Heart Rate Variability and Respiration in Anxious College Students.

The study by Sun et al. (2024) set out to examine how a structured Qigong program impacts heart rate variability (HRV) and respiration in a group of anxious college students. HRV—an indicator of the balance between sympathetic and parasympathetic activity—is increasingly recognized as a key physiological measure linked to emotional regulation, stress re…