BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
February 7, 2022
Jojo Yan Yan Kwok, Jung Jae Lee, Edmond Pui Hang Choi et al.
Importance: Patients with long-term neurological conditions, such as Parkinson's disease (PD), are particularly vulnerable to the public health measures taken to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The inaccessibility of center-based rehabilitation further aggravated their motor dysfunctions as well as mental distress, leading to exacerbation of motor and non-motor symptoms, high healthcare...
Revista Electrónica Educare
February 7, 2022
Nicol Andrea González-Cortez, Nelly Gromiria Lagos-San Martín
La bibliografía afirma que la atención es inherente al aprendizaje, de modo que si esta manifestara alteraciones, la entrada y focalización de las diversas experiencias tendría una amplitud limitada, así como también se afirma que si fuera adecuadamente estimulada, el enriquecimiento de las experiencias sería enormemente fructífero. Debido a la importancia de considerar la atención como un...
Complementary Therapies in Medicine
February 6, 2022
Saitida Lapanantasin, Natee Thongloy, Manatsawee Samsee et al.
Background: Ankle proprioception and balance impairments are usual consequences of chronic ankle instability (CAI). The impairments affect functional and sport activities and can lead to recurrent ankle sprain. Mind-body practice is claimed to improve ankle proprioception and balance. Objective: To investigate the effects of walking meditation, a mind-body practice, and compare it with the...
Trials
February 5, 2022
Diana R Pereira, Eunice R Silva, Carina Carvalho-Maia et al.
Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have been used in oncology contexts as a promising tool with numerous benefits for various health-related and psychosocial outcomes. Despite the increasing popularity of MBIs, few randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have examined their effects upon biological parameters. Specifically, no previous study has examined the effects of MBIs on extracellular...
Bombay Hospital Journal
February 5, 2022
Sudhir V Shah
Background For thousands of years, people have been meditating. Meditation is one of the greatest gifts to humanity from ancient sages. It was created to aid in the comprehension of life's sacred and mystical powers and to connect to the higher consciousness. Meditation is widely utilized these days for relaxation and stress reduction and a way to get relief from physical illness and mental...
Children
February 4, 2022
Adam Koncz, Reka Kassai, Zsolt Demetrovics et al.
(1) Background: Executive functions are important for academic performance and school readiness. Children's executive function skills are found to be improved by mindfulness-based interventions, and these programs are also effective in stress reduction. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and the effects of a short mindfulness-based relaxation training compared to a passive...
Personality and Individual Differences
February 4, 2022
Jenna M Wilson, Carin A Colebaugh, K Mikayla Flowers et al.
Although an inverse relation between social support and psychological distress among chronic pain patients has been previously reported, little is known about what mediates this association. We examined mindfulness as a mediator of the relationship between social support and psychological distress. In this cross-sectional study, chronic pain patients (N=94) completed assessments of social...
European Journal of Psychotraumatology
February 3, 2022
Jia-Yuan Zhang, Sha‐sha Li, Li-na Meng et al.
ABSTRACT Background With the development of positive psychology, posttraumatic growth research on cancer patients has attracted increasing attention from researchers. It is immensely important to effectively increase the posttraumatic growth level of cancer patients and improve their quality of life. Objectives To investigate the effectiveness of a nurse-led mindfulness-based Tai Chi Chuan...
Psychological Reports
February 3, 2022
Kyriaki Giannou, Karen Lander, Jason R. Taylor
6 citations
Recent research has employed measures of either empathy, compassion or mindfulness and linked better face recognition memory to higher scores of identification with all humanity and mindfulness but not empathy or compassion. Additionally, empathy, compassion and mindfulness have been suggested as concepts that intertwine, but research has not yet examined how their respective personality...
Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry
February 2, 2022
4 citations
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of disease burden globally. Sleep and cardiovascular connection represent a two-way lane. Recently, many reports have suggested that meditation practices have a beneficial effect on cardiovascular diseases. But the exact mechanism was not known. Several reports suggest that meditation induces the secretion of melatonin. The rhythm of melatonin...