Effects of mental relaxation and slow breathing in essential hypertension

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 120-126

  Kaushik, Rajeev Mohan ^a   Kaushik, Reshma ^a   Mahajan, Sukhdev Krishan ^a   Rajesh, Vemreddi ^a  

^a HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Mental relaxation; Slow breathing

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BREATHING EXERCISE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; RELAXATION TRAINING; REST; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BREATHING EXERCISES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33744786790     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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