• 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 ...
    • Why and how should we integrate biomarkers into complex trials? A discussion on paradigms and clinical research strategies 

      Musial, Frauke; Mist, Scott; Warber, Sarah; Kreitzer, Mary Jo; Ritenbaugh, Cheryl; Kessler, Christian (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-11)
      <i>Background</i>: Research in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) encounters a variety of challenges, such as potentially synergistic, multimodal, and complex interventions which are often dependent on the relationship between practitioner and patient, on specific settings, and on patients’ individual preferences, expectations, beliefs, and motivations. Moreover, patients seeking CAM care ...