Rapid stress reduction and anxiolysis among distressed women as a consequence of a three-month intensive yoga program

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2005, Pages

  Michalsen, Andreas ^a,f   Grossman, Paul ^b   Acil, Ayhan ^a   Langhorst, Jost ^a   Lüdtke, Rainer ^c   Esch, Tobias ^d   Stefano, George B ^e   Dobos, Gustav J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Karl und Veronica Carstens Stiftung   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f KLINIKEN ESSEN MITTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Distress; Stress reduction; Trial; Yoga

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; WELLBEING; YOGA;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CORTISONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

EID: 31344477967     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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