· Increased pulmonary function

· Improved respiratory function in patients with asthma

· Increased parasympathetic tone, increased heart-rate variability

· Increased maximum oxygen consumption and physical work capacity

· Regression of coronary artery disease

· Improved cardiovascular disease risk factor profile

Musculoskeletal

· Increased muscular strength and flexibility

· Increased balance control

· Improved posture

· Decreased falls in seniors

Psychobiological

· Increased cognitive performance

· Improved relaxation and psychological well-being

· Decreased stress hormones

· Decreased anxiety and depression scores

· Reduction in frequency of panic episodes

· Reduced symptoms of insomnia

· Reduced physiological and psychological responses to threat or stress

· Decreased symptoms associated with pain, angina, asthma, chronic fatigue

Other

· Increased physical functioning in older persons

· Improved glucose tolerance

· Decreased HbA1c and C-peptide levels in type 2 diabetes

· Decreased obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms

· Decreased osteoarthritis symptoms

· Decreased carpal-tunnel symptoms

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