Exploring the benefits of unilateral nostril breathing practice post-stroke: Attention, language, spatial abilities, depression, and anxiety

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 185-194

  Marshall, Rebecca Shisler ^a   Basilakos, Alexandra ^a   Williams, Tiffany ^a   Love Myers, Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURY; BREATHING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; UNILATERAL NOSTRIL BREATHING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; APHASIA; ATTENTION; BREATHING EXERCISES; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE;

EID: 84895750868     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2013.0019     Document Type: Article

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