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Psychophysiological Rationale for Use of Yoga in Heart Disease

Psychophysiological Rationale for Use of Yoga in Heart Disease
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Author(s): Subhash Manchanda (Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, India)and Kushal Madan (Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, India)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 15
Source title: Research-Based Perspectives on the Psychophysiology of Yoga
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Shirley Telles (Patanjali Research Foundation, India)and Nilkamal Singh (Patanjali Research Foundation, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2788-6.ch012

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Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death and disability worldwide. The main reason for increase of CVD is considered to be unhealthy lifestyle consistent of high fat, refined diet, psychosocial stress, lack of exercise and tobacco. In spite of several recent advances in the management of CVD the incidence is rapidly increasing specially in the developing countries and their economic burden is huge. There is a need for new cost effective and safe strategy to control this growing epidemic of CVD. Yoga may be such an alternative for controlling CVD. Several research studies suggest that yoga may be promising technique for primary and secondary prevention of CVD and these will be reviewed briefly in this chapter.

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