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January 1, 2012Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative MedicineOpen Access

Fifteen Minutes of Chair-Based Yoga Postures or Guided Meditation Performed in the Office Can Elicit a Relaxation Response

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Why the study?

Does 15 minutes of chair-based yoga or guided meditation improve physiological and psychological markers of stress in office workers?

Population

20 participants, mean age 39.6 ± 9.5 years, in a typical office workspace

Comparison

15 minutes of chair-based yoga postures or… vs Control (usual work)

Design

Other

Follow-up

acute (postintervention)

Authors

GMGeoffrey MelvilleDCDennis ChangBCBen Colagiuri

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Overview

May support brief workplace stress reduction; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation before practice change.

Structured PICO

Does 15 minutes of chair-based yoga or guided meditation improve physiological and psychological markers of stress in office workers?

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Population
20 participants, mean age 39.6 ± 9.5 years, in a typical office workspace
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Intervention
15 minutes of chair-based yoga postures or guided meditation practice performed seated
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Comparator
Control (usual work)
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Outcome
Physiological and psychological markers of stress (perceived stress, heart rate, respiration rate, heart rate variability, blood pressure)surrogate

Fifteen minutes of chair-based yoga or guided meditation in the office can acutely improve physiological and psychological markers of stress.

Cite This Study

Melville et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1bb6b7ea84844e355ed87ahttps://doi.org/10.1155/2012/501986
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