Yoga and immune system functioning: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials
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Summary
A general pattern emerged suggesting that yoga can downregulate pro-inflammatory markers, and results imply that yoga may be implemented as a complementary intervention for populations at risk or already suffering from diseases with an inflammatory component.
- Type
- review
- Published
- 2018-02-10
- Cited by
- 112
- References
- 63
- Access
- Open access
- OpenAlex
- https://openalex.org/W2789129680
- Semantic Scholar
- https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:46845302
Keywords
Randomized controlled trial, Health psychology, Medicine, Alternative medicine, Intervention (counseling)
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