Benson H, Dryer T, Hartley L H
J Human Stress. 1978 Jun;4(2):38-42. doi: 10.1080/0097840X.1978.9934985.
Oxygen consumption is usually considered to be predictable and unalterable at a fixed work intensity. The relaxation response is hypothesized to be an integrated hypothalamic response which results in generalized decreased sympathetic nervous system activity. One physiologic manifestation of the relaxation response is decreased oxygen consumption. The possibility that the elicitation of the relaxation response could decrease oxygen consumption at a fixed work intensity was investigated. Oxygen consumption was decreased 4 percent (p less than 0.05) in eight subjects working at a fixed intensity when the relaxation response was simultaneously elicited.
通常认为，在固定的工作强度下，耗氧量是可预测且不可改变的。放松反应被假定为一种下丘脑的综合反应，会导致交感神经系统活动普遍降低。放松反应的一个生理表现就是耗氧量减少。本研究探讨了在固定工作强度下诱发放松反应是否会降低耗氧量。当同时诱发放松反应时，8名以固定强度工作的受试者的耗氧量降低了4%（p<0.05）。
