Evidence map›Paper›PMID 11595248›Full record

Trial reportJournal of psychosomatic research2001

Impact of Transcendental Meditation on cardiovascular function at rest and during acute stress in adolescents with high normal blood pressure.

V A Barnes, F A Treiber, H Davis

Abstract readClinical TrialRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of psychosomatic research, 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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57citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
10.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 205 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The effects of school-based interventions on physiological stress in adolescents: A meta-analysis.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2022
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  16. Cardiorespiratory synchronization during Zen meditation.European journal of applied physiology · 2005
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

V A BarnesDepartment of Pediatrics, Georgia Institute for Prevention of Human Diseases and Accidents, Building HS1640, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA. vbarnes@mail.mcg.edu
F A Treiber
H Davis
Augusta University · US

Funding

Motivating HIV Risk-ReductionR01MH062976 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI ROFFMAN, ROGER ALAN · 2002 to 2005
$1.9M
STRESS REDUCTION--PREVENTION OF HIGH BP IN BLACK YOUTHR01HL062976 · NHLBI · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA (MCG) · PI TREIBER, FRANK A · 1999 to 2002
$1.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL62976NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL062976NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH062976
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study examined the impact of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) program on cardiovascular (CV) reactivity in adolescents with high normal BP.

methodThirty-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 occasions, 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 blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), and cardiac output (CO) at rest and in response to two laboratory stressors, a simulated car driving stressor and an interpersonal social stressor interview.

resultsThe TM group exhibited greater decreases in resting SBP (P<.03) from pre- to postintervention, 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.

conclusionThe TM program appears to have a beneficial impact upon CV functioning at rest and during acute laboratory stress in adolescents at-risk for hypertension.

Indexed as

MeditationAdolescentArousalAutonomic Nervous SystemBlood PressureCardiac OutputFemaleHeart RateHumansHypertensionMale

Identifiers

PMID11595248
PMCPMC3216051
OpenAlexW2157788787

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