Conclusions Due to exploratory design s and high risk of bias , the effectiveness of hypnosis or hypnotherapy in stress reduction remains still unclear .
Background Although hypnosis and hypnotherapy have become more popular in recent years , the evidence for hypnosis to influence perceived stress is unclear .
In this systematic review we search ed and evaluated r and omized clinical studies investigating the effect of hypnosis on perceived stress reduction and coping .
Hypnotic modulation of flow-mediated endothelial response to mental stress.
Post-ischaemic flow mediated dilation of peripheral arteries ( FMD ) is transiently reduced during mental stress . This experiment was aim ed at assessing whether hypnosis , which is a powerful relaxation technique , modulated the FMD response to mental stress in subjects with different hypnotic susceptibility . Results showed that hypnotic relaxation prevented the expected stress-related reduction of FMD only in highly hypnotizable subjects , suggesting a protective role of hypnotisability against vascular damage
Conclusions Due to exploratory design s and high risk of bias , the effectiveness of hypnosis or hypnotherapy in stress reduction remains still unclear .
Background Although hypnosis and hypnotherapy have become more popular in recent years , the evidence for hypnosis to influence perceived stress is unclear .
In this systematic review we search ed and evaluated r and omized clinical studies investigating the effect of hypnosis on perceived stress reduction and coping .