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Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-26T16:27:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2016-02-01 Objective: To determine the immediate effect of a Basic Body Awareness Therapy (BAT) session on measures of heart rate variability (HRV) in healthy young people. Methods: 13 healthy young subjects of both genders, who showed no illnesses related to the autonomic nervous system (ANS) underwent an ANS evaluation before and after conducting a session of BAT. The assessment of ANS activity was conducted through the HR with the aid of Nerve-Express (R) software. The BAT session lasted for 50 min and was performed by one investigator (blinded to the assessment procedures). Results: After BAT session significant improvement was found in the sympathetic and parasympathetic modulation (p < 0.05), and the general estimate of heart rate variability (p < 0.04). Conclusion: BAT was found to be an effective, easy to apply and inexpensive therapeutic technique, able to change ANS in order to improve HR which may suggest better health conditions for participating individuals. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Univ Estadual Paulista, Inst Biosci, PhD Student Sci Motr, BR-19060900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Dept Post Grad Program Phys Therapy, BR-19060900 Presidente Prudente, Brazil Salgado Inst Integral Hlth, Sch Postural & Manual Therapy, BR-86055240 Londrina, PR, Brazil Nove Julho Univ, Rehabil Sci Master & Doctoral Degree Program, UNINOVE, BR-01504000 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Inst Biosci, PhD Student Sci Motr, BR-19060900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Dept Post Grad Program Phys Therapy, BR-19060900 Presidente Prudente, Brazil