Sudarshan Kriya yoga improves quality of life in healthy people living with HIV (PLHIV): Results from an open label randomized clinical trial

Indian Journal of Medical Research, Supplement

Volumn 141, Issue JAN 2015, 2015, Pages 90-99

  Mawar, Nita ^a   Katendra, T ^a   Bagul, R ^a   Bembalkar, S ^a   Vedamurthachar, A ^b   Tripathy, S ^c   Srinivas, K ^d   Mandar, K ^e   Kumar, N ^f   Gupte, N ^g   Paranjape, R S ^a  

^a NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^c NATIONAL JALMA INSTITUTE FOR LEPROSY AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES   (India)

^d Central Excise Custom and Service Tax Department Pune and Art of Living Centre at Novel Institute PCMC   (India)

^e Vision Techno Services and Art of Living Centre at Novel Institute PCMC   (India)

^f INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^g B J MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Alternate therapy; Clinical trial; Healthy PLHIV; Low cost intervention; Quality of life; Sudarshan Kriya yoga

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HYPERTENSION; INDEPENDENCE; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATION; OPEN STUDY; PEOPLE LIVING WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUDARSHAN KRIYA YOGA; WHOQOL HIVBREF; YOGA; FEMALE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOGA;

EID: 84928577191     PISSN: 03679012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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