Tai chi/yoga effects on anxiety, heartrate, EEG and math computations

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 235-238

  Field, Tiffany ^a,b   Diego, Miguel ^a   Hernandez Reif, Maria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FIELDING GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEISURE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; TAI CHI; YOGA;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; RELAXATION; TAI JI; YOGA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957291816     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2010.05.014     Document Type: Article

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