Open AccessEffect of integrated yoga practices on immune responses in examination stress - A preliminary study
Author(s) -
Aravind Gopal,
Sunita Mondal,
Asha Gandhi,
Sarika Arora,
Jayashree Bhattacharjee
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of yoga/international journal of yoga
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2231-2714
pISSN - 0973-6131
DOI - 10.4103/0973-6131.78178
Subject(s) - immune system , anxiety , medicine , heart rate , blood pressure , heart rate variability , physiology , physical therapy , psychology , immunology , psychiatry
Stress is often associated with an increased occurrence of autonomic, cardiovascular, and immune system pathology. This study was done to evaluate the impact of stress on psychological, physiological parameters, and immune system during medical term -academic examination and the effect of yoga practices on the same.