Efficacy of progressive muscle relaxation for reducing state anxiety among elderly adults on memory tasks.

Authors
Category Primary study
JournalPerceptual and motor skills
Year 1993
Cognitively intact anxious elderly subjects were randomly assigned to either a progressive muscle relaxation-training condition or control condition (ns = 15) and then completed selected subtests from the Wechsler Memory Scale--Revised. Despite significant reductions in state anxiety in the relaxation group, no significant differences were detected between the two groups on memory measures. These results are discussed within the context of previous research, and suggestions for further research are made.
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