Yoga in male sexual functioning: A noncompararive pilot study

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3460-3466

  Dhikav, Vikas ^a   Karmarkar, Girish ^b   Verma, Myank ^c   Gupta, Ruchi ^d   Gupta, Supriya ^e   Mittal, Deeksha ^f   Anand, Kuljeet ^a  

^a GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Sexology Clinic   (India)

^c Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Male Sexual Dysfunctions; Male Sexual Functions; Male Sexual Quotient; Male Sexuality; Physical Exercises; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGASM; PENIS ERECTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; YOGA;

EID: 77957351162     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01930.x     Document Type: Article

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