Respiratory function in healthy long-term meditators: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a paucity of data on effects of long-term meditation on respiration. This systematic review summarized selected respiratory function parameters in healthy long-term meditators (LTMs) at rest, during meditation and their associations with meditation practice variables.

Methods

A systematic search of PubMed, EMBASE (Ovid), Scopus, Proquest Dissertation and Thesis Global databases, CENTRAL, and Google Scholar was performed from year 1950 to August 15th, 2023. Keywords "meditation," "long-term meditation," and respiratory/pulmonary/lung function and spirometry were used. Controlled-trials and observational studies exploring respiratory parameters in healthy LTMs published in English were included. Two independent reviewers selected studies, extracted data, an

SUBMITTER: Karunarathne LJU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10759765 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature