Impact of meditation on resting and ambulatory blood pressure and heart rate in youth

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 909-914

  Barnes, Vernon A ^a   Davis, Harry C ^a   Murzynowski, James B ^b   Treiber, Frank A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Tutt Middle School   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory; Blood pressure monitoring; Clinical trial; Meditation; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUVENILE; MALE; MEDITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; SPACE FLIGHT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDITATION; POSTURE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 9244230046     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000145902.91749.35     Document Type: Article

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