https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-026-02177-2
Regular Article
Influence of physical, breathing, and vocal exercises in vocalists on the central regulation of changes in heart rate variability parameters
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RUDN University, Miklukho-Maklaya St. 6, 117198, Moscow, Russia
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Kuban State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 59 Zakharova St., 350007, Krasnodar, Russia
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The International Institute for Voice Physiology, Physics and Psychology, Norveška St., 5 Igalo, 85347, Herceg Novi, Montenegro
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Received:
29
December
2025
Accepted:
26
January
2026
Published online:
12
February
2026
Abstract
The autonomic nervous system is a complex multicomponent regulatory mechanism that constantly balances the state of the body depending on external factors, organic processes, and stressful situations. It is known that the autonomic nervous system has regulatory centers in the brain that are connected or influenced by other parts of the brain, including the cortex. In this regard, despite the well-understood and well-known reactions and methods of regulating the state of the body, we can in practice and in research obtain atypical reactions of the autonomic nervous system due to complex cerebral regulation. This article presents a study on how a person's vegetative state changes depending on the performance of physical breathing and vocal exercises. The state of the ANS was objectively assessed by analyzing heart rate variability (HRV) with the recording of indicators before and after exercise. Possible ways of obtaining such reactions have also been theoretically substantiated through complex regulation by various parts of the brain (including cortical structures) involved in motor control, respiratory rhythmogenesis, and vocal function, as well as with the modulating influence of the external environment. he results showed a statistically significant dynamics of HRV parameters, which indicates a purposeful change in the balance of sympathetic and parasympathetic tone.
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