Impact of Breathing Awareness Meditation on Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Sodium Handling in Prehypertensive African American Adolescents

Impact of Breathing Awareness Meditation on Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Sodium Handling in Prehypertensive African American Adolescents

This study evaluated the impact of a breathing awareness meditation (BAM) programon ambulatory blood pressure and sodium handling in African American adolescents with high-normal systolic blood pressure (SBP) levels. The findings demonstrate the potential beneficial impact of BAM taught by school he...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ethnicity & disease 2007-12, Vol.18 (1), p.1-5
Hauptverfasser: Barnes, Vernon A, Pendergrast, Robert A, Harshfield, Gregory A, Treiber, Frank A
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescents
African Americans
Blood pressure
Health and Medicine
Hypertension
Medical research
Respiratory Diseases
Salt
United States
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Zusammenfassung:This study evaluated the impact of a breathing awareness meditation (BAM) programon ambulatory blood pressure and sodium handling in African American adolescents with high-normal systolic blood pressure (SBP) levels. The findings demonstrate the potential beneficial impact of BAM taught by school health teachers on blood pressure control in the natural environment in African American youth at risk for development of hypertension.
ISSN:1049-510X