A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Effects of Yoga With an Active Control on Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Individuals With Prehypertension and Stage 1 Hypertension

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 54-62

  Hagins, Marshall ^a   Rundle, Andrew ^b   Consedine, Nathan S ^c   Khalsa, Sat Bir S ^d  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENERGY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGHT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREHYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STAGE 1 HYPERTENSION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WARM UP; YOGA;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; DIASTOLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREHYPERTENSION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYSTOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

EID: 84892374569     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jch.12244     Document Type: Article

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