Fig 1.
Flowchart of the experiments.
Fig 2.
Comparison of the HRV parameters among the control (C), pure essential oil (sandalwood, S), and blended essential oil (sandalwood and lavender, SL) treatments (Mean ± SE; * P < 0.05).
(A) Mean heart rate; (B) SDNN; (C) Normalized LF; (D) Normalized HF; (E) Normalized HF.
Table 1.
Comparison of post-exercise changes in HRV parameters among the control, pure essential oil (sandalwood), and blended essential oil (lavender essential oil) treatments (N = 43).
Table 2.
Comparison of post-exercise changes in HRV parameters among the control, pure essential oil (sandalwood), and blended essential oil (sandalwood and lavender) treatments in participants with a low stress level (n = 27).
Table 3.
Comparison of post-exercise changes in HRV parameters among the control, pure essential oil (sandalwood), and blended essential oil (sandalwood and lavender) treatments in participants with medium to high levels of stress (n = 16).