EFFECTS OF EQUINE AROMATHERAPY ON HEART-RATE VARIABILITY AND SALIVARY CORTISOL
| dc.contributor.advisor | Baldwin, Ann | en |
| dc.contributor.author | CHEA, ISABELLE | |
| dc.creator | CHEA, ISABELLE | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-11T00:58:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-06-11T00:58:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | CHEA, ISABELLE. (2016). EFFECTS OF EQUINE AROMATHERAPY ON HEART-RATE VARIABILITY AND SALIVARY CORTISOL (Bachelor's thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA). | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/612634 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The objective of this project is to determine whether equine aromatherapy can optimize heart-rate variability parameters and decrease salivary cortisol levels. The protocol follows a crossover design with a treatment of humidified essential oil (Lavandula augustifolia and Chamaemelum nobile) and control of humidified air; HRV measurements for a sample size of 8 dressage horses in each study were collected by placing the respective Polar Equine monitors around the horse’s abdomen and recording for 7 minutes each at baseline, during treatment, immediately post-treatment, and 0.5 hour after each treatment. During the chamomile study, salivary cortisol levels were obtained by holding saliva swabs in the horse’s mouth for 60-90 sec. Statistically significant increases relative to baseline was discovered with RMSSD during lavender treatment and a statistically significant decrease for VLF during post-treatment in the lavender study; in the chamomile study, there was statistically significant increase in SDNN during post-treatment (p < 0.05). | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
| dc.publisher | The University of Arizona. | en |
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| dc.title | EFFECTS OF EQUINE AROMATHERAPY ON HEART-RATE VARIABILITY AND SALIVARY CORTISOL | en_US |
| dc.type | text | en |
| dc.type | Electronic Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Arizona | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Bachelors | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Honors College | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Physiology | en |
| thesis.degree.name | B.S.H.S. | en |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-05-17T20:11:39Z | |
| html.description.abstract | The objective of this project is to determine whether equine aromatherapy can optimize heart-rate variability parameters and decrease salivary cortisol levels. The protocol follows a crossover design with a treatment of humidified essential oil (Lavandula augustifolia and Chamaemelum nobile) and control of humidified air; HRV measurements for a sample size of 8 dressage horses in each study were collected by placing the respective Polar Equine monitors around the horse’s abdomen and recording for 7 minutes each at baseline, during treatment, immediately post-treatment, and 0.5 hour after each treatment. During the chamomile study, salivary cortisol levels were obtained by holding saliva swabs in the horse’s mouth for 60-90 sec. Statistically significant increases relative to baseline was discovered with RMSSD during lavender treatment and a statistically significant decrease for VLF during post-treatment in the lavender study; in the chamomile study, there was statistically significant increase in SDNN during post-treatment (p < 0.05). |
