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Progressive muscle relaxation and secretory immunoglobulin A
1Department of Psychology, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UK. G.Lowe@psy.hull.ac.uk
Psychological Reports
|August 18, 2001
Abstract:
30 healthy students produced saliva samples for Immunoglobulin A assay before and after sessions involving either progressive muscle relaxation (n = 15) or a control condition (n = 15). Levels of immunoglobulin A increased significantly in the relaxation group but not in the control group.