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Because essential hypertension affects about 10 percent of the general population, behavioral manipulation of blood pressure has received much attention as a possible clinical tool (Shapiro & Surwit, 1976). Over the past six years, a number of different behavioral techniques have been clinically applied to the control of hypertension. The main purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of three such methods in the treatment of essential hypertension.
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Surwit, R.S., Shapiro, D. (1977). Biofeedback and Meditation in the Treatment of Borderline Hypertension. In: Beatty, J., Legewie, H. (eds) Biofeedback and Behavior. NATO Conference Series, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2526-0_27
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