Gallois P
Encephale. 1984;10(3):139-44.
A polygraphic study, of 40 minutes duration, among 10 subjects who practiced autogenic training (TA) and 10 subjects who practiced transcendental meditation (MT), compared to 10 control subjects, gave the following results: rarity of the number of sleeping episodes during relaxation, cardiac rhythm, significantly decreased in the TM group, increased stability of the E.D.G. during and after relaxation, respiratory rate decreased to a value of 33% of the initial rate, respiratory suspensions were frequent in the TM group, reaching a maximal duration of 50 seconds. The absence of compensatory hypercapnia and hyperpnea is an argument in favor of their central origin, lastly, the simple reaction time after relaxation is slightly decreased, whereas it is increased in the controls, this aerobic hypometabolic state, the stability of the autonomic nervous system and the maintenance of the vigilance, induced by deep relaxation, seems to be the opposite of the state which is induced by stress; therefore deep relaxation may play a role in a psycho-somatic approach to treating a variety of disease states.
一项针对10名进行自生训练（TA）的受试者、10名进行超觉静坐（MT）的受试者以及10名对照受试者的40分钟多导睡眠图研究得出了以下结果：放松期间睡眠发作次数稀少，心律方面，超觉静坐组显著下降，放松期间及之后脑电图（E.D.G.）的稳定性增加，呼吸频率降至初始频率的33%，超觉静坐组呼吸暂停频繁，最长持续时间达50秒。无代偿性高碳酸血症和呼吸急促支持其源于中枢，最后，放松后的简单反应时间略有缩短，而对照组则增加，这种由深度放松诱导的有氧低代谢状态、自主神经系统的稳定性以及警觉性的维持，似乎与压力诱导的状态相反；因此，深度放松可能在身心治疗多种疾病状态的方法中发挥作用。
