Effect of an office worksite-based yoga program on heart rate variability: A randomized controlled trial

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Cheema, Birinder S ^a   Marshall, Paul W ^a   Chang, Dennis ^a   Colagiuri, Ben ^b   MacHliss, Bianca ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Yoga Synergy   (Australia)

Author keywords

cytokines; diabetes; exercise; insulin resistance; obesity; training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOGA;

FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROGRAM EVALUATION; YOGA;

EID: 79960554004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-578     Document Type: Article

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