Effects of Yoga on Heart Rate Variability and Depressive Symptoms in Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Chu, I-Hua; Wu, Wen-Lan; Lin, I-Mei; Chang, Yu‐Kai; Lin, Yuh-Jen; Yang, Pinchen

doi:10.1089/acm.2016.0135

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“…Both physical activity and yoga ameliorate depression (Chu et al 2017). Helgadóttir et al (2016) found that yoga and aerobics are about equally effective on easing the symptoms of depression.…”

Section: Relieving Depression and Anxiety Symptomatologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Physical Activity, Yoga and their Psychological Effects

Nešpor¹

2017

Cogn. Remediat. J.

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Physical Activity, Yoga and their Psychological Effects

Nešpor¹

2017

Cogn. Remediat. J.

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“…Of the articles reviewed, the majority depicted 12-week long studies that examined the efficacy of yoga in regards to anxiety and mood disturbance. One specific article details not only the effect of yoga on mood, but also the effect of yoga on heart rate (Chu et al 2017). Knowing the relationship of the body and mind it was an expected finding when it comes to the effect of yoga on the cardiovascular system.…”

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Effect of Yoga, A Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) on Anxiety: A Literature Review

Aurelus¹

2019

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Anxiety disorders are the most common form of psychiatric disorders in the US. They affect up to 40 million adults, or 18% of the population aged 18 and older. Anxiety disorders have a 60% comorbidity rate with depression. Our purpose is to reiterate the effect of yoga on anxiety A thorough literature research was completed utilizing PubMed, Cochrane, Medline, Elsevier, Psych Info as well as well as some psychiatric textbooks. Over 10 articles were selected with inclusion criteria of the terms anxiety, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and yoga. No exclusion data for a target population was included. These articles were then saved on Zotero, a free software available to collect, save, share and cite research articles. While historically, the goal of yoga has been to create a spiritual state of unity, it is also practiced to produce physical and emotional wellbeing. Research suggests that yoga can improve anxiety. Yoga not only limited benefits individuals with mental health disorders, but can also benefit those with physical disorders. The relevance of integrating yoga into the psychiatric nursing practice should be a priority. Due to its undeniable effectiveness in relieving the symptoms of anxiety, yoga must be integrated and promoted into psychiatric practice.

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“…9 From the ordinary yoga program, participants were instructed to maintain their concentration and synchronize their breaths with movements during the yoga session. 5 From the benefit of LU meridian (Tables 4 & Table 5), it could be related to the breathing practice in all of yoga lesson. According to the TCM theorem, the meridians HT and PC relate to the heart function and also blood governed by the heart, which flows all over the body, particularly that part of blood serving as the basis for the physiological activities of the heart, including mental activities reflecting its physiological and pathological conditions.…”

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“…4 Regular yoga practice may be recommended for women to cope with their depressive symptoms and stress and to improve their heart rate variability (HRV). 5 Evidence is accumulating that yoga improves blood pressure (BP) control, with downregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and the sympathetic nervous system (SNS). 6 By integrating yoga in therapy can be created to overcome existing impediment in current psychotherapy.…”

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2017

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This Study is the first investigation of yoga's effect on the twelve main meridians of human body by the Electro Meridian Analysis System (EMAS). Through the three main elements of yoga's breathing, asanas sequence and relaxing process respectively, we investigated the dedicated excitation on the twelve meridians by measuring the change of meridian currents. Participants were categorized into two groups; one group of participants was practicing yoga for more than one year (yoga senior group, YSG) and the other group was less than two months (yoga junior group, YJG). All participants were asked to practice yoga and then their meridian current was measured at 24 Ryodoraku acupuncture points in the twelve main meridians by EMAS before and after yoga's lesson. Result of this study shows that in both of YSG and YJG, the average value of all of meridian currents (Amc) have increased, meanwhile, by pair samples t-test, there was statistically highly significant increase of Amc in YSG (p-value=0.0094). In addition, the significant increase (p-value <0.05) of meridian current for YSG was possibly in hand and foot meridians, but the significant increase (p-value <0.05) of meridian current was observed only in the hand meridians for YJG. The results show that yoga practice could stimulate the positive energy response for our body's meridian system. Citation: Hsu CY, Lee CC, Chu CF, et al. Analysis of yoga's effect on health via electro meridian analysis system. MOJ Yoga Physical Ther. 2017;2(4):94-99. Citation: Hsu CY, Lee CC, Chu CF, et al. Analysis of yoga's effect on health via electro meridian analysis system. MOJ Yoga Physical Ther. 2017;2(4):94-99.

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Effects of Yoga on Heart Rate Variability and Depressive Symptoms in Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Cited by 58 publications

References 37 publications

Physical Activity, Yoga and their Psychological Effects

Physical Activity, Yoga and their Psychological Effects

Effect of Yoga, A Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) on Anxiety: A Literature Review

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