ArticleInternational journal of hypertension2012
Current perspectives on the use of meditation to reduce blood pressure.
Article in International journal of hypertension, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03674749 (Effect of Meditation and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Cognition, Healing Process and Overall Well-being in Elderly Patients With Chronic Wounds), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effect of Meditation and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Cognition, Healing Process and Overall Well-being in Elderly Patients With Chronic Wounds
Who cites it
22 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Influence of Mindfulness and Relaxation on Treatment of Essential Hypertension: Meta-Analysis.Journal of healthcare engineering · 2021Pooled it
- Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Adults with Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Investigating the effect of transcendental meditation on blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of human hypertension · 2015Pooled it
- Impacts of mindfulness-based interventions in people undergoing hemodialysis: a systematic review.Jornal brasileiro de nefrologiaPooled it
- Autonomic modulation with mindfulness-based stress reduction in chronic kidney disease: a randomized controlled trial.The Journal of physiology · 2025Trial
- Impact of 12-Month Smartphone Breathing Meditation Program upon Systolic Blood Pressure among Non-Medicated Stage 1 Hypertensive Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- Mindfulness on-the-go: Effects of a mindfulness meditation app on work stress and well-being.Journal of occupational health psychology · 2019Trial
- Mindfulness meditation lowers muscle sympathetic nerve activity and blood pressure in African-American males with chronic kidney disease.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2014Trial
- Clinical validation of a wearable ultrasound sensor of blood pressure.Nature biomedical engineering · 2025Article
- Designing a meditation module to affect etiological and preventive factors in primary hypertensive patients-A pilot study.Physiological reports · 2025Article
- Integrative and complementary healthcare practices for hypertension: a summary of recommended clinical guidelines.Epidemiologia e servicos de saude : revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil · 2025Review
- Autonomic Modulation with Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
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- Non-pharmacological management of hypertension.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2021Review
- Meditation smartphone application effects on prehypertensive adults' blood pressure: Dose-response feasibility trial.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2018Article
- Effect of religion on hypertension in adult Buddhists and residents in China: A cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Mindfulness and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: State of the Evidence, Plausible Mechanisms, and Theoretical Framework.Current cardiology reports · 2015Review
- Dysregulated Blood Pressure: Can Regulating Emotions Help?Current hypertension reports · 2015Review
- EEG Derived Neuronal Dynamics during Meditation: Progress and Challenges.Advances in preventive medicine · 2015Review
- Mindfulness-based interventions for physical conditions: a narrative review evaluating levels of evidence.ISRN psychiatry · 2012Article
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Abstract
Meditation techniques are increasingly popular practices that may be useful in preventing or reducing elevated blood pressure. We reviewed landmark studies and recent literature concerning the use of meditation for reducing blood pressure in pre-hypertensive and hypertensive individuals. We sought to highlight underlying assumptions, identify strengths and weaknesses of the research, and suggest avenues for further research, reporting of results, and dissemination of findings. Meditation techniques appear to produce small yet meaningful reductions in blood pressure either as monotherapy or in conjunction with traditional pharmacotherapy. Transcendental meditation and mindfulness-based stress reduction may produce clinically significant reductions in systolic and diastolic blood pressure. More randomized clinical trials are necessary before strong recommendations regarding the use of meditation for high BP can be made.
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