Effects of Prenatal Yoga on Women’s Stress and Immune Function across Pregnancy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Highlights • Prenatal yoga significantly reduced the stress hormone cortisol and enhanced the immune biomarker IgA during pregnancy. • Its outcome variables were biological markers of both salivary cortisol and IgA and were sensitive enough to detect the immediate and long-term effects of prenatal y...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Complementary therapies in medicine 2017-04, Vol.31 (NA), p.109-117
Hauptverfasser:	Chen, Pao-Ju, Yang, Luke, Chou, Cheng-Chen, Li, Chia-Chi, Chang, Yu-Cune, Liaw, Jen-Jiuan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) Adult Adults Aging Aging (artificial) Alternative medicine Anxiety Aromatherapy Arousal Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Attenuation Barbiturates Biofeedback Bioindicators Biometrics Birth Brain Breathing Children Circadian rhythm Circadian rhythms Circulation Clinical trials Contraction Drugs Emotions Evidence-based medicine Female Fetuses Gestation Guidelines Health care Heart rate Hemorrhage Hormones Humans Hydrocortisone - analysis Hypertension Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis Imagery Immune function Immune response Immune system Immunoglobulin A Immunoglobulin A - analysis Immunoglobulins Immunology Incidence Infants Internal Medicine Intervention Iron Maternal & child health Medical Education Medical personnel Mental depression Mental disorders Mental health Pain Pharmacology Placenta Pregnancy Prenatal care Prenatal Care - methods Prenatal experience Prenatal yoga Prospective Studies Public health Respiration Saliva - chemistry Salivary cortisol Statistical analysis Steel Stress Stress, Psychological - therapy Taiwan Visual system Womens health Yoga Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • Prenatal yoga significantly reduced the stress hormone cortisol and enhanced the immune biomarker IgA during pregnancy. • Its outcome variables were biological markers of both salivary cortisol and IgA and were sensitive enough to detect the immediate and long-term effects of prenatal yoga. • The study evidence suggests that practicing yoga positively influences pregnant women’s health.
ISSN:	0965-2299 1873-6963
DOI:	10.1016/j.ctim.2017.03.003