Breathing awareness meditation and lifeskills training programs influence upon ambulatory blood pressure and sodium excretion among African American adolescents

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-64

  Gregoski, Mathew J ^a   Barnes, Vernon A ^b   Tingen, Martha S ^b   Harshfield, Gregory A ^b   Treiber, Frank A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Ambulatory blood pressure; Botvin LifeSkills Training; Breathing awareness meditation; Clinical trial; Sodium excretion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BREATHING AWARENESS MEDITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LIFESKILL TRAINING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SODIUM EXCRETION; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDITATION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SODIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650705352     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.05.019     Document Type: Article

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