The effects of acute yoga practice on heart rate and heart rate variability responses to mental stress

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

doi:10.1080/1612197x.2022.2084762

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“…Breathing techniques included deep breathing (rate of 5 to 6 breaths per minute) in three studies while the fourth study included various types of breathing (e.g., deep breathing, nadi shodhan or alternate nostril breathing, ujjayi) (Wheeler et al., 2019). Regarding yoga, four studies selected hatha yoga or hatha yoga‐based styles (Benvenutti et al., 2017; Chu et al., 2023; Kiecolt‐Glaser et al., 2010; Robinson et al., 2023). One study did not report yoga style (Wheeler et al., 2019).…”

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“…One study did not report the duration (Wilson et al., 2014). Three yoga studies were of 30 min duration (Benvenutti et al., 2017; Chu et al., 2023; Robinson et al., 2023) while one study was 20 min (Wheeler et al., 2019), and another study was 85 min (Kiecolt‐Glaser et al., 2010). The breathing duration was of 5 min in two studies (Chelidoni et al., 2020; Chin & Kales, 2019), 10 min in two other studies (Smith & Norman, 2017) and 20 min in one study (Wheeler et al., 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Effect of a single session of yoga and meditation on stress reactivity: A systematic review

Mandlik,

Siopis,

Nguyen

et al. 2023

Stress and Health

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This systematic review synthesises the evidence for the effectiveness of a single session of yoga or its components including meditation and breathing techniques in reducing acute stress reactivity in healthy adults. Following the PRISMA guidelines, we searched Medline, EMBASE, Cochrane, CINAHL, and PsycINFO on 30th July 2023 for randomised controlled or crossover trials of yoga components and reporting physiological and/or psychological outcome measure(s) related to stress reactivity. Risk of bias (ROB) was assessed using the Cochrane ROB 2 tool. Data were synthesised narratively. Twenty‐one out of 28 eligible studies (n = 2574) relating to 31 interventions (meditation [n = 22], breathing [n = 4] and yoga [n = 5]) reported outcomes in favour of the intervention. Stress reactivity was reported to be reduced by 71% of studies measuring physiological outcomes and 65% of studies measuring psychological outcomes. These studies show that a single session of yoga components is effective in reducing acute stress reactivity in adults and could be recommended for stress management. Future studies with larger populations and a more equal representation of genders and age groups are warranted.

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