Progressive Muscle Relaxation and Secretory Immunoglobulin A

Overview

Journal Psychol Rep

Specialties Psychiatry
Psychology

Date 2001 Aug 18

PMID 11508043

Citations 3

Authors

R Bland

J Greenman

N Kirkpatrick

G Lowe

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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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