Mind-body Exercise
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Mindfulness in Motion (MIM): An Onsite Mindfulness Based Intervention (MBI) for Chronically High Stress Work Environments to Increase Resiliency and Work Engagement
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2015
The Mindfulness in Motion (MIM) protocol offers a pragmatic Mindfulness Based Intervention (MBI) on-site, for persons working in chronically high-stress work environments that significantly increases resiliency and work engagement. The protocol has proven feasible, beneficial, and is easily adaptable to other high-stress workplaces.
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Experimental Protocol of a Three-minute, All-out Arm Crank Exercise Test in Spinal-cord Injured and Able-bodied Individuals
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2017
We present a protocol to test the aerobic and anaerobic power of the upper body muscles over a duration of 3 min in able-bodied as well as in paraplegic and tetraplegic individuals. The protocol presents specific modifications in its application for upper-body exercise in individuals with or without disability.
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Using Wavelet Entropy to Demonstrate how Mindfulness Practice Increases Coordination between Irregular Cerebral and Cardiac Activities
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2017
This manuscript describes how to use the wavelet entropy index to analyze high-density electroencephalography (EEG) and electrocardiography (ECG) data. We show that the irregularity of cerebral and cardiac activities became more coordinated during mindfulness-based stress reduction practice.
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Determining the Contribution of the Energy Systems During Exercise
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Cited by 59 •
2012
This protocol allows researchers focused on exercise and sports sciences to determine the relative contribution of three different energy systems to the total energy expenditure during a large variety of exercises.
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Determining The Electromyographic Fatigue Threshold Following a Single Visit Exercise Test
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2015
This protocol describes the electromyographic fatigue threshold which demarcates between nonfatiguing and fatiguing exercise workloads. This information could be used to develop a more individualized training program.
FAQs
Their coordination engages several processes at once rather than treating physical and mental responses separately. Deliberate movement challenges physical function, controlled breathing contributes to regulation, and focused attention supports awareness of bodily sensations and effort. Together, these elements engage neuromuscular, cardiovascular, and stress-regulation processes, helping explain why the practices may affect both movement-related outcomes and mental well-being.
Self-regulation allows participants to adjust effort, breathing, attention, and relaxation while performing a sequence or posture. This emphasis makes the practices adaptable in intensity and supports active participation rather than passive treatment. In medical settings, that flexibility is relevant when exercise needs to accommodate differences in mobility, balance, chronic conditions, or tolerance for physical exertion.
Mind-body exercise is presented as a complement to conventional care, not a replacement for it. Its distinct contribution is the combination of physical activity with breathing, attention, and relaxation, which can address multiple dimensions of health during the same practice. This makes it potentially useful alongside medical management when goals include mobility, pain management, stress reduction, or quality of life.
A session emphasizes deliberate postures or controlled movement sequences performed with focused breathing and awareness. Relaxation and attention remain part of the activity rather than being added only afterward. The adaptable intensity allows the physical challenge to be adjusted while preserving the central coordination of movement and mental focus, making the approach relevant to preventive health and rehabilitation.
Clinical relevance extends across preventive health, rehabilitation, and management of chronic conditions. Depending on the individual and the selected practice, goals may include supporting mobility and balance, addressing pain, reducing stress, or improving overall quality of life. Their adaptable intensity and self-regulatory emphasis are especially important when a program must be integrated with broader medical care.
Research examines both physiological mechanisms and clinical effectiveness. Outcomes of interest extend beyond movement capacity to include stress regulation, mental well-being, pain management, balance, mobility, and quality of life. This broader evaluation reflects the practices' combined physical and attentional components, while ongoing study helps clarify how consistently they produce useful effects in different medical and preventive-health contexts.