Impact of breathing awareness meditation on ambulatory blood pressure and sodium handling in prehypertensive African American adolescents.

Barnes, Vernon A; Pendergrast, Robert A; Harshfield, Gregory A; Treiber, Frank A

Impact of breathing awareness meditation on ambulatory blood pressure and sodium handling in prehypertensive African American adolescents.

Publication or External Link

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3216041/?tool=pubmed

Date

2008

Authors

Barnes, Vernon A

Pendergrast, Robert A

Harshfield, Gregory A

Treiber, Frank A

Citation

Barnes, Vernon A and Pendergrast, Robert A and Harshfield, Gregory A and Treiber, Frank A (2008) Impact of breathing awareness meditation on ambulatory blood pressure and sodium handling in prehypertensive African American adolescents. Ethnicity & disease, 18 (1). pp. 1-5.

DRUM DOI

https://doi.org/10.13016/6nuo-ktvn

Abstract

These 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.