Relaxation – Induced by Vibroacoustic Stimulation via a Body Monochord and via Relaxation Music – Is Associated with a Decrease in Tonic Electrodermal Activity and an Increase of the Salivary Cortisol Level in Patients with Psychosomatic Disorders

• Hubertus Sandler ,

  * E-mail: hubertus.sandler@charite.de

  Affiliation Department for General Internal and Psychosomatic Medicine, Charité Universiätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Uta Fendel,

  Affiliation Department for General Internal and Psychosomatic Medicine, Charité Universiätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Petra Buße,

  Affiliation Department for General Internal and Psychosomatic Medicine, Charité Universiätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Matthias Rose,

  Affiliation Department for General Internal and Psychosomatic Medicine, Charité Universiätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Rainer Bösel ,

  ¶‡ These authors have emeritus status.

  Affiliations International Psychoanalytic University Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Burghard F. Klapp

  ¶‡ These authors have emeritus status.

  Affiliation Department for General Internal and Psychosomatic Medicine, Charité Universiätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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