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Long-term effect of relaxation on blood pressure and anxiety levels of essential hypertensive males: a controlled study.

Abstract

The long-term effect of relaxation in lowering blood pressure and anxiety was evaluated in this study. Eighteen male Caucasian essential hypertensives with moderate elevations in blood pressure were studied. Relaxation significantly reduced both blood pressure and anxiety. Control procedures had no significant effect. The reductions lasted for 12 months after training. However, there was no statistical relationship between reduction in blood pressure and anxiety.

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Year: 1979 PMID： 397497 DOI： 10.1097/00006842-197912000-00005

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Psychosom Med ISSN： 0033-3174 Impact factor: 4.312

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Long-term effect of relaxation on blood pressure and anxiety levels of essential hypertensive males: a controlled study.

1. Lifestyle interventions in the management of hypertension: a survey based on the opinion of 105 practitioners.

2. Relaxation therapy and continuous ambulatory blood pressure in mild hypertension: a controlled study.

3. Psychological treatment of essential hypertension: a controlled comparison of meditation and meditation plus biofeedback.

4. Non-drug treatment of hypertension.

5. Physiological responses during meditation and rest.

6. A controlled comparison of thermal biofeedback and relaxation training in the treatment of essential hypertension: III. Psychological changes accompanying treatment.

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