Schaeffer G, Freytag-Klinger H
Psychiatr Neurol Med Psychol (Leipz). 1975 Jul;27(7):400-8.
Forty-one persons suffering from asthma (aged 20 to 55; duration of disease: greater than or equal 2 years) were divided into 2 groups and participated in courses of instruction in autogenic training. The control group was comprised of 14 patients. The effects of autogenic training on the maximum rate of expiration as well as the limiting respiratory value were recorded. The control group showed a seasonal decrease in the maximum rate of expiration and the limiting respiratory value by 10 to 20% in the period extending from April through November. The autogenic-training patients showed a temporally similar increase in the maximum rate of expiration of 27 and 22%, respectively (the difference to the control group being 47 and 42%, respectively). In 35 patients the increase in the limiting respiratory value was equal to or greater than the effect produced by novodrine. Catamnesis after one year (n = 40): Absence from work in a twelve-month period was 663 days prior to autogenic training and 77 days (11.6%) subsequent to autogenic training. Accordingly, autogenic training may be considered to be an objectively effective component of a combination of therapeutical methods used in the treatment of bronchial asthma.
41名哮喘患者（年龄在20至55岁之间；病程：大于或等于2年）被分为两组，并参加了自生训练课程。对照组由14名患者组成。记录了自生训练对最大呼气速率以及极限呼吸值的影响。对照组在4月至11月期间，最大呼气速率和极限呼吸值出现季节性下降，降幅为10%至20%。接受自生训练的患者最大呼气速率分别有27%和22%的类似时间性增加（与对照组的差异分别为47%和42%）。在35名患者中，极限呼吸值的增加等于或大于新福林产生的效果。一年后的随访（n = 40）：自生训练前12个月的缺勤天数为663天，自生训练后为77天（11.6%）。因此，自生训练可被视为用于治疗支气管哮喘的综合治疗方法中一个客观有效的组成部分。
