The effect of bikram yoga on arterial stiffness in young and older adults

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 930-934

  Hunter, Stacy D ^a   Dhindsa, Mandeep S ^a   Cunningham, Emily ^a   Tarumi, Takashi ^a   Alkatan, Mohammed ^a   Nualnim, Nantinee ^a   Tanaka, Hirofumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BIKRAM YOGA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; YOGA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; YOGA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890377552     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2012.0709     Document Type: Article

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