Advantage of meditation over exercise in reducing cold and flu illness is related to improved function and quality of life

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 938-944

  Obasi, Chidi N ^a   Brown, Roger ^b   Ewers, Tola ^a   Barlow, Shari ^a   Gassman, Michele ^a   Zgierska, Aleksandra ^a   Coe, Christopher L ^a   Barrett, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infection; Exercise; Function and quality of life; Meditation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINORRHEA; SELF REPORT; SNEEZING; SORE THROAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT CONGESTION; WISCONSIN UPPER RESPIRATORY SYMPTOM SURVEY;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION; EXERCISE; FUNCTION AND QUALITY OF LIFE; MEDITATION;

AGED; COMMON COLD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84887169789     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12053     Document Type: Article

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