The role of outcome expectancies for a training program consisting of meditation, breathing exercises, and cold exposure on the response to endotoxin administration: A proof-of-principle study

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1081-1085

  Van Middendorp, Henriët ^a   Kox, Matthijs ^b   Pickkers, Peter ^b   Evers, Andrea W M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Expectancies; Inflammation; Optimism; Proof of principle study; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; IL10 PROTEIN, HUMAN; IL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; IL8 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BREATHING EXERCISE; COLD EXPOSURE; EXPERIMENTAL ENDOTOXEMIA; EXPERIMENTAL INFLAMMATION; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MEDITATION; NEUROSIS; OPTIMISM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; TRAINING; ADULT; ANTICIPATION; BLOOD; BREATHING; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTOXEMIA; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENDOTOXEMIA; ENDOTOXINS; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; MEDITATION; OPTIMISM; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESPIRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937611548     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-015-3009-8     Document Type: Article

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