• Iyengar Yoga for Distressed Women: A 3-Armed Randomized Controlled Trial 

      Michalsen, Andreas; Jeitler, Michael; Brunnhuber, Stefan; Lüdtke, Rainer; Büssing, Arndt; Musial, Frauke; Dobos, Gustav; Kessler, Christian (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Distress is an increasing public health problem. We aimed to investigate the effects of an Iyengar yoga program on perceived stress and psychological outcomes in distressed women and evaluated a potential dose-effect relationship. Seventy-two female distressed subjects were included into a 3-armed randomized controlled trial and allocated to yoga group 1 (n = 24) with twelve 90 min sessions over 3 ...
    • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Integrative Cancer Care : a Summary of Evidence 

      Musial, Frauke; Büssing, Arndt; Heusser, Peter; Choi, Kyung-Eun; Ostermann, Thomas (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the relevant existing evidence, and critically appraises the use of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) in cancer care. Furthermore, a meta-analysis was conducted in order to investigate the effect of MBSR on quality of life (QoL), mood, and distress. Besides 6 reviews (5 systematic, 1 meta-analytic) which are reported separately, a total of 19 ...