Insulin sensitivity and cardiac autonomic function in young male practitioners of yoga

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 217-221

  Chaya, M S ^a   Ramakrishnan, G ^b   Shastry, S ^b   Kishore, R P ^b   Nagendra, H ^a   Nagarathna, R ^a   Raj, T ^b   Thomas, T ^b   Vaz, M ^b   Kurpad, A V ^b  

^a Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana   (India)

^b ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOGA;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FASTING; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; HEART; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; YOGA;

EID: 60849093761     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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