Disease relevance of Relaxation Techniques

• We compared the relative effects of relaxation therapy, conventional hygienic techniques, and a beta-receptor blocker, atenolol, on control of arterial pressure, left ventricular mass, and diastolic function in patients with mild primary hypertension [1].
• Controlled studies of CBTs for migraine, such as biofeedback and relaxation therapy, have a prophylactic efficacy of about 50%, roughly equivalent to propranolol [2].
• In a randomized trial the effects of occlusal appliance and relaxation therapy, each combined with brief information, were compared with brief information only, in adolescents with temporomandibular disorder (TMD) pain [3].
• Patient reassurance, relaxation techniques, glucose control, use of tricyclic antidepressants or anticonvulsants, and surgical decompression for entrapment neuropathy are currently the mainstays of treatment [4].

Psychiatry related information on Relaxation Techniques

• Subjects with panic disorder (N = 23) were randomized into a crossover design involving diazepam, placebo, relaxation therapy, or control [5].
• The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of Benson's relaxation technique (BRT) with Benson's technique augmented with GSR biofeedback (i.e., biofeedback-aided relaxation, BAR) on the psychological stress symptoms of well college students [6].

High impact information on Relaxation Techniques

• The binding of the mononucleotide inhibitors 2'-GMP, 3'-GMP, and 5'-GMP to genetically engineered ribonuclease T1 has been investigated by conventional inhibition kinetics, fluorimetric titrations, molecular modeling, and fast relaxation techniques [7].
• The conformation of adenosine 5'-triphosphate in the manganese complex of pyruvate kinase from rabbit muscle was determined from six metal to nucleus distances derived by nuclear magnetic relaxation techniques [8].
• Residual interactions in delta131delta, a large disordered fragment of staphylococcal nuclease, have been probed at two different pHs using backbone (15)N and side-chain methyl (2)H NMR spin relaxation techniques [9].
• We compared the effects of relaxation therapy in hypertensive patients taking placebo, a beta-blocker (atenolol, 100 mg/d), or a diuretic (chlorthalidone, 50 mg/d), and we also compared the effects of relaxation therapy with the effects of the latter two drugs alone [10].
• This and other studies suggest that this type and amount relaxation therapy may not be as useful for enhancing blood glucose control in patients with type I diabetes as in those with type II diabetes [11].

Chemical compound and disease context of Relaxation Techniques

• The effects of relaxation therapy on blood pressure and neural responses to "social stress"-anger instigation were determined in 30 male patients with mild primary hypertension. "Social stress"-anger induced increases in systolic and diastolic blood pressures (both p less than 0.01) and plasma norepinephrine (p less than 0.05) before therapy [12].

Biological context of Relaxation Techniques

• Outcome measures included blood pressure, heart rate, aerobic conditioning level (MET level), and psychosocial functioning, as measured by the Sickness Impact Profile. Repeated measures analysis of variance was used to determine if relaxation therapy and/or behavior style had an effect on measures of the effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation [13].
• The Glycopeptide Man5GlcNAc4Asn (ACCB2) in water solution has been studied by means of 1H NMR relaxation techniques in order to define molecular structure and dynamics [14].
• In vaginal deliveries, 69.4% of those who had an epidural were fully satisfied, compared with 29.5% for inhalation analgesia, 20.7% for pethidine and 29.4% for relaxation techniques [15].

Anatomical context of Relaxation Techniques

• The electrical properties of biological and artificial membranes were studied in the presence of a number of negatively charged tungsten carbonyl complexes, such as [W(CO)5(CN)]- , [W(CO)5(NCS)]-, [W2(CO)10(CN)]-, and [W(CO)5(SCH2C6H5)]-, using the single-cell electrorotation and the charge-pulse relaxation techniques [16].
• Using a dielectric relaxation technique based on the Maxwell-Wagner effect and elaborated by a 'single-shell' fitting procedure, the data indicate that both membrane conductivity and membrane permittivity increase after treatment of these cells with lonidamine while the conductivity of the cytosol remains unchanged [17].

Associations of Relaxation Techniques with chemical compounds

• Methyl motions in 13C-methylated concanavalin as studied by 13C magnetic resonance relaxation techniques [18].
• Drug treatment of GAD should be used as part of a comprehensive treatment plan that includes assessment for medical illnesses that can aggravate anxiety, withdrawal of all unnecessary medications (especially CNS depressants) and caffeine, structured relaxation techniques, evaluation of the specific type of anxiety, and psychotherapy [19].
• Chloroperoxidase, a heme glycoprotein isolated from the mold Caldariomyces fumago, was studied by NMR relaxation techniques [20].
• 1. Aplysia neurones with an excitatory response to acetylcholine (ACh) were voltage-clamped, and the ACh-induced currents were studied using noise and relaxation techniques [21].
• The effects of lyotropic anions, particularly perchlorate, on the kinetics of partial reactions of the Na+,K+-ATPase from pig kidney were investigated by two different kinetic techniques: stopped flow in combination with the fluorescent label RH421 and a stationary electrical relaxation technique [22].

Gene context of Relaxation Techniques

• The orientation of TLL with respect to the lipid membrane was investigated using a water-soluble spin relaxation agent, chromium(III) oxalate (Crox), and a recently developed ESR relaxation technique [Lin, Y., et al. (1998) Science 279, 1925-1929], here modified to low microwave amplitude (<0.36 G) [23].
• METHODS: Ninety-three patients with systemic lupus erythematosus without active disease in any major organ were randomized, using a minimization protocol, to 12 weeks of graded exercise therapy, relaxation therapy or no intervention [24].
• The solid state 13C NMR technique of proton dipolar decoupling was used to study slow (solid-like) motions (correlation time, tau o > or = 10 microseconds), whereas for intermediate (mobile) protein, rotational reorientational motion (tau o range of 1-500 nsec) the 13C off-resonance rotating frame spin-lattice relaxation technique was employed [25].
• This experiment was aimed at assessing whether hypnosis, which is a powerful relaxation technique, modulated the FMD response to mental stress in subjects with different hypnotic susceptibility [26].
• Complementary modalities/Part 2. Relaxation techniques for surgical patients [27].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Relaxation Techniques

• The effects of a relaxation technique (RT) on anxiety, vital signs, procedure length, and amount of diazepam given were examined in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization (CC) [28].
• The other various modalities for chronic pain management, which include physical therapy, relaxation therapy, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, injection therapy, and occlusal reconstruction should be utilized to their fullest extent if the patient is to achieve success [29].
• METHODS: Of the 120 residents from a home for the aged, 69 were stratified based on age (five year intervals) and randomly allocated to three groups i.e., Yoga (physical postures, relaxation techniques, voluntarily regulated breathing and lectures on yoga philosophy), Ayurveda (a herbal preparation), and Wait-list control (no intervention) [30].
• Studied children with mild to moderate juvenile rheumatoid arthritis who were massaged by their parents 15 minutes a day for 30 days (and a control group engaged in relaxation therapy) [31].

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