ArticleJournal of sports science & medicine2020
Beneficial Effects of Yoga Stretching on Salivary Stress Hormones and Parasympathetic Nerve Activity.
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- The effects of yoga exercise on stress relief capacity and emotional changes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
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- Acute effect of static stretching on arterial stiffness following high-intensity resistance exercise.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Trial
- What are the neurological, neurovascular, and psychological responses to stretching across the general population?European journal of applied physiology · 2026Review
- Optimal Exercise Modalities and Dosages for Blood Pressure Reduction in Adults With Prehypertension and Established Hypertension: A Network Meta-Analysis and Dose-Response Relationship Study.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026Review
- Investigation of Skin Circulation Hemodynamics Using Skin Laser Speckle Flowgraphy After Trapezius Muscle Self-Stretching.Muscles (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Increases in cardiac vagal modulation following muscle mechanoreflex activation via passive calf stretch: Impact of interindividual differences.Experimental physiology · 2026Article
- Fascia's role in the mind-body continuum: a novel target for integrative treatments in psychiatry.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
- Assessing the impact of a novel dynamic stretching routine targeting myofascial chains for warm-up in trained adults.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Empowering change: a prospective cohort study of an integrated cognitive behavioral therapy-based outpatient intervention for substance use disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Effect of Yoga-based Interventions on Heart Rate Variability and Anxiety Among Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Annals of neurosciences · 2025Review
- Association between health-related physical fitness and incident hypertension among the elderly in Wuhan: a seven-year cohort study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Comparing the biopsychosocial impact of group singing and yoga activities in older adults living with Parkinson's disease.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Effects of Trapezius Muscle Self-Stretching on Muscle Stiffness and Choroidal Circulatory Dynamics: An Evaluation Using Ultrasound Strain Elastography and Laser Speckle Flowgraphy.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2025Article
- Yoga vs. Static Stretching: Recovery Impact on Male Athletes' Post-HIIT Heart Rate, Respiratory Rate, Blood Pressure, and Heart Rate Variability Analysis.International journal of exercise science · 2025Article
- Evaluating perioperative stresses in children by noninvasive modalities using salivary cortisol and autonomic reactivity.Pediatric surgery international · 2024Article
- Health benefits of yoga for cancer survivors: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2024Review
- The effect of yin yoga intervention on state and trait anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Testing the impact of hatha yoga on task switching: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Article
- The Impact of Stretching Intensities on Neural and Autonomic Responses: Implications for Relaxation.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
This study aimed to determine the effect of yoga stretching on salivary stress hormones and cardiac autonomic nervous system. To our knowledge, this study is the first to investigate changes in cardiac autonomic nervous system after yoga stretching. In this crossover design study, 10 adult men (age, 26.3 ± 2.5 years) without yoga experience participated in the rest and yoga trials for 90 min. Measurements were carried out before (pre), immediately (post), 60 min, and 120 min after rest or yoga stretching. Saliva samples were collected by chewing a sterile cotton ball at a frequency of 60 cycles per minute. Salivary cortisol and testosterone concentrations were measured using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. With the subjects in the sitting position, heart rate variability was measured using pulse analyzer plus for 150 seconds. As regards rate changes, salivary testosterone level tended to increase (p = 0.088), testosterone/cortisol ratio significantly increased (p < 0.05), and cortisol level significantly decreased (p < 0.05) at 120 min after yoga stretching. The square root of the mean-squared differences of successive normal-to-normal intervals and natural logarithm high-frequency component, which are indicators of parasympathetic nerve activity, increased at 60 min (p < 0.05) and 120 min (p < 0.05) in the yoga trial, respectively. In conclusion, yoga stretching can enhance parasympathetic nerve activity and improve stress hormones. Therefore, yoga stretching may be useful to compensate for physical inactivity and increase life expectancy in the general population.
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