Iyengar Yoga increases cardiac parasympathetic nervous modulation among healthy yoga practitioners

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 511-517

  Khattab, Kerstin ^a,c   Khattab, Ahmed A ^a   Ortak, Jasmin ^b   Richardt, Gert ^a   Bonnemeier, Hendrik ^b  

^a Herz Kreislauf Zentrum Segeberger Kliniken GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c Segeberger Kliniken GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac rehabilitation; Heart rate variability; Iyengar Yoga; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART REHABILITATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TRAINING; VAGUS NERVE; YOGA;

EID: 38149072408     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nem087     Document Type: Article

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