Effects of Yoga on Stress, Stress Adaption, and Heart Rate Variability Among Mental Health Professionals-A Randomized Controlled Trial

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 236-245

  Lin, Shu Ling ^a   Huang, Ching Ya ^b   Shiu, Shau Ping ^a,c   Yeh, Shu Hui ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANHUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^e SHOW CHWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Stress adaptation; Work related stress; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY; WORKPLACE; YOGA;

ADULT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE; YOGA;

EID: 84938602214     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/wvn.12097     Document Type: Article

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