Effect of yoga on different aspects of mental health

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 245-254

  Telles, Shirley ^a   Singh, Nilkamal ^a   Yadav, Arti ^a   Balkrishna, Acharya ^a  

^a PATANJALI RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Self rated sleep; Somatization of stress; Yogastate anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NIJMEGEN DISCOMFORT EVALUATION SCALE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 12; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP RATING QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMATIZATION; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; YOGA;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOGA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870199028     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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