Beneficial effects of the Nishino breathing method on immune activity and stress level

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 285-291

  Kimura, Hiroko ^a   Nagao, Fumiko ^a   Tanaka, Yukio ^b   Sakai, Shizu ^a   Ohnishi, S Tsuyoshi ^c   Okumura, Ko ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Philadelphia Biomedical Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; BREATHING PATTERN; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ASSAY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; MALE; NISHINO BREATHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; BREATHING EXERCISES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MARTIAL ARTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 18444409066     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2005.11.285     Document Type: Article

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