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01.10.2012 | Invited Commentary
Contemplative Practice, Chronic Fatigue, and Telomerase Activity: a Comment on Ho et al.
verfasst von:
Tonya L. Jacobs, M.S., Ph.D.
Erschienen in:
Annals of Behavioral Medicine
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Ausgabe 2/2012
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Excerpt
In the present issue, Ho and colleagues [
1] report results from a longitudinal, randomized wait-list controlled study, designed to assess the effects of QiGong, a contemplative practice within Chinese medicine, on chronic fatigue symptoms and on activity of telomerase, an enzyme associated with cellular health. Relative to controls, those assigned to the QiGong intervention reported a reduction in chronic fatigue symptoms and had an increase in telomerase activity. …