Meditation and Exercise for Prevention of Acute Respiratory Infection

Completed · Phase 2/Phase 3

Conditions studied: Acute Respiratory Infection

In brief

The overarching goal of this project is to determine whether mind-body practices such as meditation or exercise can reduce the public health burden of acute respiratory infection. A major secondary goal is to determine whether mindfulness meditation or moderately strenuous exercise can enhance immune processes such as antibody response to influenza vaccination (flu shots). Finally, we want to investigate the influence of stress, optimism, anxiety and positive and negative emotion on immunity and resistance to respiratory infection.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT01057771
Run by
University of Wisconsin, Madison
People needed
154
Starts
2009-06-01
Expected to finish
2010-06-01
Last updated by the study team
2015-10-12

Who can join

Age: 50 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

Where it is running

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