Progressive Muscle Relaxation and Secretory Immunoglobulin A

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jun 2001 English Publisher:SAGE PublicationsJournal:Psychological Reports, volume 88, pages 912-914 (issn: 0033-2941, eissn: 1558-691X,

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Authors: G, Lowe; R, Bland; J, Greenman; N, Kirkpatrick; G, Lowe;

doi: 10.2466/pr0.2001.88.3.912

pmid: 11508043

Progressive Muscle Relaxation and Secretory Immunoglobulin A

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Abstract

30 healthy students produced saliva samples for Immunoglobulin A assay before and after sessions involving either progressive muscle relaxation ( n = 15) or a control condition ( n = 15). Levels of immunoglobulin A increased significantly in the relaxation group but not in the control group.

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University of Hull
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Keywords

Adult, Male, Muscle Relaxation, Immunoglobulin A, Secretory, Humans, Female, Arousal, Saliva, Up-Regulation

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