Open AccessYoga offers cardiovascular protection in early postmenopausal women
Author(s) -
Sinha M Praveena,
Asha Gandhi,
Mondal Sunita,
Anju Jain,
Ratna Biswas
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of yoga/international journal of yoga
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2231-2714
pISSN - 0973-6131
DOI - 10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_69_16
Subject(s) - medicine , menopause , heart rate variability , context (archaeology) , prospective cohort study , group b , inclusion and exclusion criteria , statistical significance , cardiology , physical therapy , gynecology , heart rate , blood pressure , alternative medicine , pathology , paleontology , biology
Postmenopause, an estrogen deficient state comes with increased incidence of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Yoga has been described as having a beneficial effect on heart rate variability (HRV), a marker for cardiac autonomic activity which can assess cardiovascular risk, in various populations.