Blood pressure and purdue pegboard scores in individuals with hypertension after alternate nostril breathing, breath awareness, and no intervention

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-66

  Telles, Shirley ^a   Yadav, Arti ^a   Kumar, Nilima ^a   Sharma, Sachin ^a   Visweswaraiah, Naveen K ^a   Balkrishna, Acharya ^a  

^a PATANJALI RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Alternate nostril yoga breathing; Attention; Bi manual dexterity; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Purdue pegboard task; Visuo motor co ordination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); POST HOC ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOGA;

EID: 84875622044     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.883743     Document Type: Article

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