Yoga as an intervention for stress reduction and enhanced wellbeing in African American athletes

This doctoral dissertation by Jennifer Fallon (Utah State University, 2009) "explored the preventive impact of a brief Hatha yoga program on stress-reduction and enhanced wellbeing in a sample of healthy African American college athletes. African Americans suffer higher rates of hypertension and sudden cardiac death syndrome, both linked to stress. Study design was single case, with six replications, utilizing comparison of pre- and post-intervention scores on physiological and psychological indicators of distress and wellbeing."  The author concludes that "Given the brevity and cost-effectiveness of the intervention, limited positive results suggest more intensive studies are warranted." Abstract and full-text PDF for download at:  PQDT Open.