Usefulness of the transcendental meditation program in the treatment of patients with coronary artery disease.
J W Zamarra, Robert H Schneider, I Besseghini, D K Robinson, John Salerno
The American journal of cardiology April 15, 1996 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)89184-9 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Randomized controlled trial Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 21 |
| Population | Patients with documented coronary artery disease |
| Intervention | Transcendental Meditation program |
| Duration | 8 months |
| Measures | exercise tolerance testing, rate-pressure product |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | After 8 months, the Transcendental Meditation group showed a 14.7% increase in exercise tolerance, an 11.7% increase in maximal workload, an 18% delay in onset of ST-segment depression, and significant reductions in rate-pressure product at 3 and 6 minutes and at maximal exercise compared with the wait-list control. |
Abstract
Twenty-one patients with documented coronary artery disease were tested at baseline by exercise tolerance testing, and assigned to either stress reduction using the Transcendental Meditation (TM) program or to a wait-list control, After 8 months, the TM group had a 14.7% increase in exercise tolerance, an 11.7% increase in maximal workload, an 18% delay in onset of ST-segment depression, and significant reductions in rate-pressure product at 3 and 6 minutes, and at maximal exercise compared with the control group.