Wallace, Silver, et al., 1983
Wallace, R. K.; Silver, J.; Mills, P. J.; Dillbeck, M. C.; and Wagoner, D. E. Systolic blood pressure and long-term practice of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Program: Effects of TM on systolic blood pressure. Psychosomatic Medicine 45(1): 41–46, 1983.
Subjects practicing the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program were found to have lower systolic blood pressure than norms for the general population. Furthermore, long-term meditators were seen to have lower systolic blood pressure than short-term meditators.
- Year
- 1983
- Journal
- Psychosomatic Medicine
- Publication type
- Journal
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Collected Papers
- Vol. 3, pp. 1867–1871
- Section
- Health
Findings (1)
Health—Cardiovascular
Lower Systolic Blood Pressure Compared to Population Norms for Age
Transcendental Meditation · Cross-sectional comparison of groups
Authors
- R. Keith Wallace, PhD
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA
- Joel Silver, MD
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA
- Paul J. Mills, BS
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA
- Michael C. Dillbeck, PhD
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA
- Dale E. Wagoner, PhD
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA