TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of Transcendental Meditation® on cardiovascular function at rest and during acute stress in adolescents with high normal blood pressure
AU - Barnes, Vernon A.
AU - Treiber, Frank A.
AU - Davis, Harry
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank Dr. Charles Larke, Superintendent; Dr. Rush Utley and Mr. Quentin Motley, Principals, Richmond County Public Schools in Augusta, GA for their cooperation in providing the facilities for this study. This study was supported in part by National Institutes of Health Grant #HL62976 to Dr. Treiber and an American Heart Association Scientist Development Grant #9930073N to Dr. Barnes.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Objective: This study examined the impact of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) program on cardiovascular (CV) reactivity in adolescents with high normal blood pressure (BP). Method: Thirty-five adolescents [34 African Americans (AAs), 1 Caucasian American (CA); ages 15-18 years] with resting systolic blood pressure (SBP) between the 85th and 95th percentile for their age and gender on three consecutive occassions, were randomly assigned to either TM (n=17) or health education control (CTL, n=18) groups. The TM group engaged in 15-min meditation twice each day for 2 months including sessions during school lunch break. Primary CV outcome measures were changes in BP, heart rate (HR), and cardiac output (CO) at rest and in response to two laboratory stressor, a simulated car driving stressor and an interpersonal social stressor interview. Results: The TM group exhibited greater decreases in resting SBP (P<.03) from pre- to post-intervention, compared to the CTL group. The TM group exhibited greater decreases from pre- to postintervention in SBP, HR, and CO reactivity (P's<.03) to the simulated car driving stressor, and in SBP reactivity (P<.03) to the social stressor interview. Conclusion: The TM program appears to have a beneficial impact upon CV functioning at rest and during acute laboratory stress in adolescents at-risk for hypertension.
AB - Objective: This study examined the impact of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) program on cardiovascular (CV) reactivity in adolescents with high normal blood pressure (BP). Method: Thirty-five adolescents [34 African Americans (AAs), 1 Caucasian American (CA); ages 15-18 years] with resting systolic blood pressure (SBP) between the 85th and 95th percentile for their age and gender on three consecutive occassions, were randomly assigned to either TM (n=17) or health education control (CTL, n=18) groups. The TM group engaged in 15-min meditation twice each day for 2 months including sessions during school lunch break. Primary CV outcome measures were changes in BP, heart rate (HR), and cardiac output (CO) at rest and in response to two laboratory stressor, a simulated car driving stressor and an interpersonal social stressor interview. Results: The TM group exhibited greater decreases in resting SBP (P<.03) from pre- to post-intervention, compared to the CTL group. The TM group exhibited greater decreases from pre- to postintervention in SBP, HR, and CO reactivity (P's<.03) to the simulated car driving stressor, and in SBP reactivity (P<.03) to the social stressor interview. Conclusion: The TM program appears to have a beneficial impact upon CV functioning at rest and during acute laboratory stress in adolescents at-risk for hypertension.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Blood pressure
KW - Cardiovascular reactivity
KW - Stress pressure
KW - Transcendental Meditation
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U2 - 10.1016/S0022-3999(01)00261-6
DO - 10.1016/S0022-3999(01)00261-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 11595248
AN - SCOPUS:0035152588
SN - 0022-3999
VL - 51
SP - 597
EP - 605
JO - Journal of Psychosomatic Research
JF - Journal of Psychosomatic Research
IS - 4
ER -