Tai Chi, Seizures, and Coping Responses—New Citations

Brand new publications have been released featuring BIOPAC solutions. These new papers include:

• Effects of T’ai chi on Lower Back Pain: This study observed a group of females in their 20’s with acute lower back pain and the effects that practicing T’ai Chi had on their condition. The researchers recorded surface EMG using a BIOPAC MP150 system with EMG amplifiers. The full text PDF is available here (click on the full text PDF link on the page).

• Mechanisms of Seizure during Pregnancy: This dissertation aimed to investigate the effects of pregnancy and preeclampsia (a hypertensive complication of pregnancy) using rats. A BIOPAC MP150 unit with EEG amplifiers was used to record EEG and then signals were analyzed using here.

• Compassionate Reappraisal versus Emotional Suppression: This experiment tested the difference between compassionate reappraisal versus emotional suppression as a coping response to a victim’s mindset about a past offense. Researchers used a BIOPAC MP150 system, EMG amplifiers, NICO100C and facial EMG and impedance cardiography respectively. Read the full text here.

You can find these and other studies over at our publications page.