A Pilot Study

Abstract

Bio-energy therapy may have benefit in reducing stress for faculty, staff, and students during final examination week. Further research is needed.

A mind–body intervention for stress reduction as an adjunct to an information session on stress management in university students

“…Since stress among university students is a widespread and growing problem (Beiter et al, 2015;Chaló et al, 2017;Regehr et al, 2013;Running & Hildreth, 2017), we believe that universities should develop more effective and sustainable stress management programs for students that are based on mind-body therapies (such as mindfulness, yoga, bioenergy, biofeedback, autogenous training, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and yoga). In particular, it might be worth experimenting innovative methods like the BWM, given the immediate stress reduction effect and the other advantages it presents in its application.…”

“…Results also indicate that the intervention did not cause any side effects in the population considered, since none of the participants reported any unusual reactions either postintervention or in the following days. in lowering the students' levels of stress (Chaló, Pereira, Batista, & Sancho, 2017;Finkelstein-Fox et al, 2018;Regehr, Glancy, & Pitts, 2013;Running & Hildreth, 2017;Saoji et al, 2017), yet they may present issues limiting their application, in which the stress reduction intervention we used does not present. These limitations include the need for special premises, specific equipment, or body skills.…”

“…Other studies (Finkelstein-Fox, Park, & Riley, 2018;Gallego, Aguilar-Parra, Cangas, Rosado, & Langer, 2016;Meier & Welch, 2016;Running & Hildreth, 2017;Saoji, Mohanty, & Vinchurkar, 2017) supported the effectiveness of a number of mind-body interventions in reducing stress in university students. These interventions include bioenergy, biofeedback, mindfulness, autogenous training, cognitive-behavioral therapy, yoga, and tai chi.…”

The Evaluation of a Mind-Body Intervention (MBT-T) for Stress Reduction in Academic Settings: A Pilot Study

“…[ 11 ]. Several studies support the effectiveness of a number of mind-body interventions in reducing stress in university students [ 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ]. Moreover, research indicates that the cause of many disease conditions, including inflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases, is a complex interaction between stressful life experiences, the genome, the mind, and behavioral factors [ 9 , 17 , 18 , 19 ].…”

An overview of dysphagia rehabilitation for stroke patients

“…All included studies evaluated patients diagnosed with stroke. A total of 12 different therapies have been studied with a variety of study designs: [1] electrical stimulation (n = 14; 36.8% of the total) [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] , [2] transcranial magnetic stimulation techniques (n = 3; 7.9%) [21][22][23] , [3] active pharyngeal electrostimulation (n = 3; 7.9%) [24][25][26] , [4] exercises with Mendelsohn maneuver (n = 2; 5.3%) 27,28 , [5] transcranial direct current stimulation (n = 3; 7.9%) [29][30][31] , [6] CTAR exercise (n = 5; 13.6%) [32][33][34][35][36] , [7] Shaker exercise (n = 2; 5.3%) 33,37 , [8] acupuncture (n = 3; 7.9%) [38][39][40] , [9] resistance to tongue pressure (n = 2; 5.3%) 41,42 , [10] modified jaw opening exercise (n = 1; 2.6%) 43 and [11] ce...…”