Taiji practice attenuates psychobiological stress reactivity - A randomized controlled trial in healthy subjects

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1171-1180

  Nedeljkovic, Marko ^a   Ausfeld Hafter, Brigitte ^a   Streitberger, Konrad ^b   Seiler, Roland ^a   Wirtz, Petra H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Heart rate; Psychosocial stress; Salivary amylase; Salivary cortisol; Taiji

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIDIMENSIONAL MOOD SCALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PUBLIC SPEAKING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA LEVEL; TAI CHI; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ALPHA-AMYLASES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAI JI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861643951     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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