Benefits of yoga for African American heart failure patients

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 651-657

  Pullen, Paula R ^a   Thompson, Walter R ^a   Benardot, Dan ^a   Brandon, L Jerome ^a   Mehta, Puja K ^b   Rifai, Luay ^b   Vadnais, David S ^b   Parrott, Janice M ^b   Khan, Bobby V ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative exercise therapy; Cardiac Rehabilitation; Inflammatory markers; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOGA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOGA;

EID: 78650443237     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181bf24c4     Document Type: Article

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