Effect of yoga on arterial stiffness in elderly subjects with increased pulse pressure: A randomized controlled study

Highlights • Yoga can have a significant beneficial effect on age-associated arterial stiffness in elderly with mild hypertension. • Yoga can induce significant beneficial modulation in cardiac autonomic nervous system, enhance bioavailability of NO and reduce BP in elderly individuals. • The yoga p...

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Published in:Complementary therapies in medicine 2015-08, Vol.23 (4), p.562-569
Main Authors: Patil, Satish Gurunathrao, Aithala, Manjunatha R, Das, Kusal Kanti
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Aged
Aging
Arterial stiffness
Blood pressure
Blood Pressure - physiology
Brisk-walk
Cardiac autonomic activity
Colleges & universities
Endothelial function
Heart rate
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension - physiopathology
Internal Medicine
Male
Medical Education
Meditation
Middle Aged
Morbidity
Mortality
Older people
Physiology
Vascular Stiffness - physiology
Walking - physiology
Yoga
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Summary:Highlights • Yoga can have a significant beneficial effect on age-associated arterial stiffness in elderly with mild hypertension. • Yoga can induce significant beneficial modulation in cardiac autonomic nervous system, enhance bioavailability of NO and reduce BP in elderly individuals. • The yoga program offered was better than a brisk walking program in inducing beneficial modulation in arterial stiffness, endothelial function and sympathovagal balance.
ISSN:0965-2299
1873-6963
DOI:10.1016/j.ctim.2015.06.002